From the random teen uploading six seconds of video to show what he’s LOLling about to Joss Whedon capturing a staccato video of his Much Ado About Nothing cast heading to SXSW, Vine has surprisingly and quickly captured people’s attention. The app, which allows you to instantly share six-second videos to Twitter and Facebook, only launched two weeks ago (available for free on the iPhone and iPod touch), but has already rocketed to the top of the most downloaded apps on iTunes. Twitter’s new micro-video sharing app has had some troubles though as it also became known for sharing what’s being called micro-porn. The complaints that came in to Twitter and iTunes over adult-oriented clips drove the app to now be labeled as for those that are 17 and older. With that warning, say hello to the newest craze, Vinepeek.
Vinepeek shows you newly-posted Vines in realtime, so sit back and watch the world in 6 second bites.
Click the record button to start saving Vines. Up to 30 seconds of viewed vines will be available in the menu above.
This stream is coming straight from Vine and is unmoderated. You have been warned! :)
However, while Vine is free, Vinepeek isn’t. Anyone can watch the unfiltered Vines as they stream through on the main site, but if you want to fine tune the videos you see, embed the service on a website, or be able to add or block specific videos from appearing, you need to purchase a Vinepeek Channel. Pricing is broken up into three tiers: Fun for $5, Pro for $25, and Events for $80.
Here’s a sample of what you may see cycle through Vinepeek if you choose to go the free route.
- People walking around a PetCo.
- People complaining about having to wait for snow cones.
- Someone giving the finger to Walmart.
- A dog playing in the snow.
- People playing a lot of sports and video games.
- Stupid human tricks with balloons.
- Stupid human tricks with chainsaws.
While there are some repetitive themes that play throughout, the short videos are so random as to be hypnotic. At least for a few minutes. During the first weekend, Vinepeek discovered that, “The average visitor spends between 2 and 3 minutes watching Vinepeek continuously” and that “5% of our users spend over 1 hour watching Vinepeek continuously.”
You can’t predict what video-created bit of ADD will get thrown up next. Luckily, that constant shifting you can’t prepare for is part of the draw, if not the entire appeal, of Vinepeek.
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