However, within days of its official launch, type video sharing platform has been compromised severely. The reason being, it has seen a host of unrequired mal-content mostly pornographic videos being posted randomly on its site.
In our earlier post we hinted at the supposed features and functionality of the app. The very nature of the videos- being short, easy to create and shared via multiple networks like Twitter and Facebook, has precisely led to this technical dysfunction.
Vine is both a standalone as well as connected environment that can be easily accessed on the Apple's App Store. Currently available as an iOS-app only , efforts are being made to extend the service to other smartphone users.
Chris Burns, the head editor of SlashGear mentions that "To find this app.. you'll need to search for "Vine make a scene", otherwise it'll be buried under loads of other apps with the name vine". In addition, although sharing via multiple networks is easy but having a Twitter account facilitates smooth functioning of the Vine app.
Coming onto the privacy compromise issue, well there really isn't one! While Tech Crunch reported this app compromise story first, they also inform us that Vine is "censorship free".
As of now, the video-sharing platform has no strict privacy terms & conditions yet. But the fine print that's got hidden is that users can always deem any content as inappropriate that gets reported. Following in Twitter's footsteps, the system "adds an intestinal roadblock" against NFSW content. The real glitch is that Vine has not adequately developed its safeguards and policy terms. Being an open-source for video sharing, except in cases of illegal activity, all other content is acceptable.
Tech Crunch also published an official statement by Twitter spokesman in this regard.
"Users can report videos as inappropriate within the product if they believe the content to be sensitive or inappropriate (e.g. nudity, violence, or medical procedures). Videos that have been reported as inappropriate have a warning message that a viewer must click through before viewing the video.
Uploaded videos that are reported and determined to violate our guidelines will be removed from the site, and the User account that posted the video may be terminated."
To know more about Vine's rules and regulations you can click on this link.
While the compromises such as these are liable to happen to any newest app, however it is Twitter's name that's at stake here. Like Instagram is for Facebook, Vine is for Twitter. Reputations cannot be left unnoticed for chance in this case. For a start up like Vine this is some unrequired publicity that can take away the much needed audience trust.
We hope that Twitter takes its flagship initiative seriously and helps Vine come out of the abyss soon.
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