Byte’s creator culture will make or break Vine 2

Vine’s spiritual successor is slated to launch in 2019, yet it already faces two immense and conflicting expectations: that it will be a launching pad for another era of huge stars, and that it’ll recreate the low-key, relaxed, and goofy atmosphere that made Vine so fun.
The app, called Byte, comes from Dom Hofmann, one of Vine’s co-founders. It’ll allow users to create similarly short-form videos, and ideally, find a community of like-minded creators.
But the landscape