I guess the data mining was the missing ingredient for popularity?

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      9 months ago

      Imagine thinking that any for-profit company built on VC funding won’t end up data mining.

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      9 months ago

      I’m certain they did, but the main page of vine was curated by humans at some point. It was organic for a moment in time or at least gave that appearance.