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I Spent A Week on Byte. Here’s What I Learned.

I Spent A Week on Byte. Here’s What I Learned.

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Clark Boyd
Feb 16, 2020
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Byte, the latest addition to a teeming list of social media apps, has one clear advantage over its fellow newcomers.

Byte, you see, is really a revived version of six-second video app, Vine. 


Vine had an outsized impact on our cultural canon and the rigidity of its format inspired much creativity. Just six-second, looping videos. Arty types always work be…

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