Last
week, Instagram introduced short video sharing features for its popular
photo service, in direct answer to Twitter's own Vine service. Do you
use any of them, though?
Despite
YouTube being around for nearly a decade, new forms of sharing video
have been popping up all over lately. Most of them are bite-sized and
come with very simple editing tools. For example, Vine and Instagram
both have the ability to only record as long as you're pressing the red
button, which allows for very simple editing. Combined with specialized
communities or tight integration with social services, they offer a
compelling package.
Is it
enough to make you use them, though? Do you prefer a service with a
smaller reach if it has a better interface? Do Instagram and Vine have a
different purpose than YouTube? Or do you just prefer to turn the
camera off entirely anyway?
