VIDEO: Watch the most iconic Arab Vine moments as Twitter axes app
Twitter has announced it's closing the Vine video-sharing service - so we compiled the app's most iconic Arab moments
Vine was created in January 2013 to allow users to share videos that are six seconds long or less (Twitter)
Published date: 28 October 2016 17:10 BST
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Last update: 7 years 6 months ago
Twitter announced on Thursday that it would discontinue the video-sharing mobile app Vine, as it moves to cut its workforce worldwide to keep costs down.
So in farewell, we've compiled what we think are the most iconic six-second clips from Arab Viners.
Twitter introduced Vine in January 2013 as a way for users to share small snippets of video that were six seconds long or less. The service was popular with members of the microblogging, site and spawned several so-called "Vine stars" who attracted millions of followers.
Social media users reeled over the news on Friday, and Vine quickly became the top-trending topic on Twitter in the US with over 1.64 million tweets.
For others however, the news was no surprise.
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