Elon Musk has resurfaced the video archives of the Vine platform, which once generated widespread interest in internet culture. It has been announced that these contents, long considered lost media, have been found through technical work and are being prepared for access.

The Vine legend returns

Vine, founded in 2012 and officially shut down in 2017, allowed users to share short, six-second videos. Following its closure, some popular Vine videos, in particular, gained legendary status among social media users.

However, with the platform’s closure, a large portion of the original archives became inaccessible online. This reinforced the notion that a significant portion of Vine content had been lost forever.

The archives, unearthed through Elon Musk’s initiative, belong to Vine’s original database. Current efforts aim to restore this content to online access. The videos are being made watchable again. This development stands out as a significant step forward for both former Vine users and digital archiving.

No official statement has yet been released regarding how the archive was stored, how this data was accessed, or what technical processes were used to restore it. However, it is believed that the content was accessed through data backed up on different servers over time. It is also unclear whether Musk is personally involved in this project or whether he is undertaking it under the umbrella of X.

The reopening of Vine videos marks a turning point in social media history. Vine content, still considered a cornerstone of internet humor today, will be re-circulated, reaching a new generation of users.