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8 years

Don’t sell your company!

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With HQ we showed the world the future of TV. We didn’t get to where we hoped but we did stretch the world’s imagination for what’s possible on our smartphones. Thanks to everyone who helped build this and thanks for playing.

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1/ On Friday I announced that @hqtrivia was shutting down after a failed acquisition. Well it was a busy weekend, and HQ WILL LIVE ON. More below

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So sad to hear about the passing of my friend and co-founder Colin Kroll. My thoughts & prayers go out to his loved ones. I will forever remember him for his kind soul and big heart. He made the world and internet a better place. Rest in peace, brother.

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Hey ⁦ @elonmusk ⁩ was this meeting about saving Vine? I forget….

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🙏Wait til you see what’s next. PS: # of RTs on this Tweet = New Year’s Eve prize. Ending 2017 with a bang! 🤑

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Just played @hqtrivia and @rus Yusupov is a genius

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Bringing @hqtrivia back tonight with @mattwasfunny !! 9p ET on the HQ app

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✨ New: Text to shareable web apps. Transform natural language into simple apps, UI, widgets, websites, games, forms – LITERALLY ANYTHING. Not just calculators, but fully featured web apps. 🪄 (desktop only for now) Something we’ve been iterating on

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Who's dropping in on @hqtrivia tonight? Jimmy Choo? Jimmy Garoppolo? Or....

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#NetNeutrality is one of the main reasons we're able to make a show like @hqtrivia . The handful of co's pushing to repeal are all monopolies, it doesn't improve their products. The other 99% of us need Net Neutrality to stay. Keep spreading the word until the vote Dec 14.

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6/ If you have ideas on how to make chapter 2 of HQ even better than chapter 1, I want to hear it. Reply with your feedback. I’ll compile and organize it and make sure the new owners see it. That’s it for now. More to come.

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Q: Who's a cliche, stressed out startup founder? A: me. @ScottRogowsky @TaylorLorenz sorry for being a jerk. Lunch some time? @sweetgreen is great

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7 years

Looking for a good PR agent. DM me if interested!

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Last week we brought @hqtrivia back to the people, awarded thousands of dollars in prize money, and helped some enormously deserving charities at the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic:

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I’m feeling a Vine comeback

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7 years

1.1M not bad

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4/ So I spent the weekend on the phone finding a new buyer and do right by everyone. We have found a new home for HQ, with a company that wants to keep it running. All employees, contractors and players are top priority. Severance will be paid and you will be able to cash out.

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11 years

If there are any astronauts out there, I'd like to see one use Vine to capture planet Earth, rotating slowly.

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6 years

Watch these guys tonight on @NBCTheVoice and a special game of @hqtrivia

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12 years

Our video service Vine was acquired by Twitter and is now available. Looking forward to seeing what you create with it. http://t.co/BngZ1QZ1

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HQ surpassed 1.02M monthly active players. Up 40% from previous month. Reminder of our early days.

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5/ Not a done deal yet, but I’m optimistic. In its new home, we should expect HQ to go through some changes, especially to cover expenses, and be less buggy.

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Vine should come back RT if you agree

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5 years

Watching vine compilations

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#10YearChallenge

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3/ In the face of all that, I was amazed at the outpouring of love I still saw from players. You shared how much HQ meant to you and how much you’d miss it. You also shared your frustration about not being able to cash out, which is fair.

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2/ Friday was a very hard day. HQ ran out of cash, there was a potential acquisition of the company which fell through abruptly, and worst of all, we couldn’t afford even severance for the 25 employees it pained me to let go.

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8 years

We made @vine to inspire a new generation of CREATORS. That fire is lit and they’re not going away.

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Some say Vine is back, but I disagree. Vine is gone and we should let it rest in peace. #Byte is something new and different, and we should all look at it that way. I'm looking forward to seeing how the community evolves and becomes something the world hasn't seen before.

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The world still needs more ways & tools to CREATE. Empower artists and the world becomes a better place.

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Less than 24 hours since launch and #Byte is already App the Day, #2 social networking app and Apple’s favorite app. 👏👏👏

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Much respect to @hqtrivia hosts. Takes calm cool, charisma, creativity. It's a new kind of performance art & it's really tough. I hosted a year of shows myself in beta - hopefully no one ever sees those...

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6 years

I remember that day like it was yesterday

The Verge

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6 years

Mark Zuckerberg personally approved cutting off Vine’s friend-finding feature

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Proud to see @HQTrivia named alongside @Disney @Apple and @SpaceX as @TIMES ’s 50 Genius Companies of 2018

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7 years

Building an app is nothing like using one

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9 years

New Twitter for Mac in dark mode looks so good

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5 years

Vine mentioned 24 times

The 100 Memes That Defined The 2010s

From planking to VSCO girls.

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Vine wasn't a temporary success, it's made its mark on history. It will live on in so many ways.

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2017: wow. Incredibly proud of the team’s accomplishments with @hqtrivia in a matter of months. Definitely areas to improve too, gonna be cranking it up in 2018.

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Happy Birthday @mattwasfunny and @AnnaRoisman !!

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New Year's Resolution: Get Jimmy's HQ working

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7 years

Ugh. My HQ not working. Uhhh..

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💯 Enjoyed watching @ScottRogowsky talk about @hqtrivia on @colbertlateshow tonight. Proud!

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So this is happening

HQ Trivia

@hqtrivia

6 years

This Wednesday afternoon, Dwayne Johnson ( @therock ) guest hosts HQ for our largest prize ever - $300,000. Keep your phone close 📱

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Not a ton of really-hyped people that you meet in person that live up to all the fuss, but here you go! @TheRock @hqtrivia

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7 years

Any offices in Soho, NYC that have groups of 10+ playing HQ during the day? Please DM, want to be a fly on the wall – promise to bring HQ swag.

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4 years

Today @hqtrivia turns 3… they grow up so fast :’)

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It’s fun... but Before Tik tok there was Musically and before that was Mindie, the first true innovation in video creation since Vine. Mindie doesn’t get the credit it deserves for pioneering lip-sync video creation. The ‘fastmo/slomo’ recording was genius.

HREAM Dabtool-Hashjar

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I wonder how the creator of vine feels about tik tok

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Can’t believe it’s going to be a year since we launched HQ to the public.

HQ Trivia

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6 years

3 back-to-back games of HQ next Sunday at 8p ET to celebrate our 1st birthday 🎂 Grab some smart friends to play with... we’re having Scott call groups who are playing together 📞

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HQ performance & reliability are markedly improved and Android has successfully cleared beta - the next few feature releases will be really special.

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While some tech companies are selling your private data, tweaking elections or being called to appear before Congress, we're focused on making advertising something that people actually don't mind.

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7 years

Thank you @TIME !

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Over 2.5 billion answers have been submitted to @hqtrivia

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. @Vine is a time capsule of diverse culture and creative expression. It should be an active twitter account sharing retro vines, giving people entertainment and joy. Even dead apps can be alive in social media

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Competition sucks, right? No. It allows for products to improve, become available to more people, at lower costs. Strive to build new things that people want and influence other creators for the cycle to continue.

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Much more to come – more giving and more games. (And continued apologies on the cashout delay. @PayPal is working on it!)

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The most effective ads show real customer reactions to using real products. The crazier the better.

Tesla

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What 0-60 in the new Roadster sounds like

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My favorite part of HQ is the people! @ckb and I pulled the company together for a team photo. Proud to call these folks teammates, and friends. #HQYear1

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Most companies use FB/Insta ads to sell products and services, but it can be used for so much more. Been using it to test unreleased product ideas, and it’s great.

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My thanks to all the HQ team members who made this possible, to the fans who showed up and played, and supporters of the mission who stepped up to make this happen. ❤️🙏🙏🙌🙌

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Very pleased to welcome @jamesruben to the ever-growing @hqtrivia team. Harvard & Google makes a good pedigree, a beautiful fit!

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Hi res of Connor from Colin Read's Spirit Quest (Vine by @StienerRecliner )

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Did you see our Super Bowl ad? @L_M_A_Y don’t take this the wrong way, but we love making you cry. Thx @nbc !

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Interesting and well written. But I’m not buying it. "Black Mirror" is about worst-case scenarios of irresponsible tech, but we’re not trying to create a platform for the irresponsible to drive everyone off a cliff. HQ is about fun & learning, not profit & deception.

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After playing HQ Trivia, @ibogost wants to know: What do you get from a live game-show app? a. Fun b. Money c. Social collapse

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Can’t believe it’s been a year since Colin passed away. Miss him every day. 🖤

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Snapchat put together this story for the community growing around @hqtrivia . That was the best part of Vine, this is starting to feel like the best part of HQ.

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👀👀

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New technology has the power to bring people closer together

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6 years

our study hall... @hqtriviafans @hqtrivia

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🆒🔠🆕🔠🆓

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6 years

HQ Words. Coming this October.

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I can’t believe I got this question wrong on @hqtrivia !

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Excited to welcome @jasonmante to the @vineapp team. Expect great things.

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Learning my ABCs with @bertsesame

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We‘re on a hiring spree @hqtrivia with a particular focus on engineering. DM if interested.

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Got a couple @byte_app beta invites. Android preferred. Hit me up!

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Looking through old files... The idea for @hqtrivia originated from this concept I created and developed in 2015 at my studio @bighuman and pitched to @ISS_CASIS

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🌱📈🇺🇸

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We’re hiring a fulltime Product Designer at @hqtrivia in NYC. Apply here

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Oops we broke Google

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Scaling is hard.

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Our team is aware of a technical issue that prevented questions from appearing in some cases. We’re focused on fixing this and will reply to this tweet with updates. Thanks for your patience. ❤️

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Still excited about last night, @hqtrivia is inches away from that $Million prize (thanks @toonblast !) AND we launched a pilot of @HQSports to a select squad of players

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Hey guys, remember that time we made the No. 1 most popular app in the world? @ckb @dhof @bobby @vineapp http://t.co/r9z25S7vPx

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Thank you @jack !!

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@ScottRogowsky Hugs

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Tried to make a vine today and the app crashed

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@dhof Or even...

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Silicon Valley is so much more powerful than Hollywood it’s not even funny

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Yes, we sold out, but it’s for bacon, so you’re welcome

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The big game is tomorrow, and that big game is @HQtrivia . Tune in at halftime for your shot at getting Baconator free for life.

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I can’t believe I got this question wrong on @hqtrivia !

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Happy birthday to the hardest working guy in internet show business, ⁦ @ScottRogowsky ⁩!

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Looking for more diversity for HQ question writing staff that is currently white and male. DMs open

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Also hiring product designers @hqtrivia . DMs open.

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Check out the new HQ app design rolling out this weekend. Easier to navigate, quick access to our shows, and more.

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Old and busted... ...New hotness. @hqtrivia @hqwords

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Very happy to welcome @luoser and @dannyhertz to the @hqtrivia mobile team. Expect great things!

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We gave to @WCKitchen , feeding people affected by the outbreak Donate👉

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We autoplayed Vines because it improved the product. Done well, it removes barriers to content & people maintain control. Done badly it’s unhealthy. We should be banning bad business, not good design.

The Verge

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New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling