Disappointment. Shock. Disbelief. Apathy. These were a few of the responses following the October 27 announcement that Twitter was discontinuing Vine, its six-second video sharing app.

“I thought it was a terrible thing because Vine is what lifts up people, makes them laugh, gives joy to everyone,” said junior Joel Baez.

Baez had never created his own Vines, but had been planning to before the announcement. He said that his favorite type of Vines were school-related Vines.

“They connect to you,” said Baez. “ And you feel the same way.”

Junior Garrett Grayson felt similarly.

“I was disappointed, because Vine was a place where I could come and see funny videos, and see what’s new out in the world, and see some sports stuff,” said Grayson.

He used to make his own Vines reenacting funny things that happened to him during the day. However, he has since stopped.

“Someone said you should stop making Vines, you bum,” said Grayson.

Grayson has a very specific plan for dealing with the discontinuation of Vine.

“I’m going to write them a letter,” he said. “A very angrily worded letter, and I’m also going to save those videos that I like.”

Twitter has promised to keep remaining Vines up, but many people have been wondering whether they should save their favorite Vines or not.

“I’m just really bad with technology, so the answer is probably not,” said senior Reyn Graves. “I should, though.”

People wishing to preserve or simply reminisce over old Vines have been sharing them on other platforms.

“I’m not saving them, I’ve just been retweeting them, looking at Vine chains and stuff,” said freshman Sonia Hassan.

Some people have expressed no worries at all.

“They’ll be on YouTube,” said senior Nick Sanchez.

Many students feel that Vine’s demise was a long time coming.

“I was kind of sad, because I was like, ‘Oh no! Vine!’ But then I was like, ‘Vine is dead anyways,’” said Hassan.

She partially attributes this the lessening importance of the app itself.

“No one really cares about it unless they come across a funny Vine on Twitter or Instagram,” said Hassan.

Like Hassan, senior Christie Billingsley didn’t expect the announcement.

“I was like ‘whaaaaat,’” she said. “I was very surprised. I didn’t know like they were gonna do that.”

She then reflected that Vines perceived popularity was not recent.

“No one gets on Vine anymore,” she said. “Vine used to be a very big thing but now it’s not.”

However, she stills gives Vine credit.

“It had a good run,” said Billingsley. “No one did videos before Vine. Then all the other social media sites start doing videos and Vine was just like, their six seconds were just stupid.”

Some students think that poor content was to blame.

Since people started uploading stupid stuff on there I wasn’t really surprised,” said Sanchez.

Sophomore Camille Clarkston felt even more strongly about Vine’s lack of quality.

“I laughed, and thought [the announcement] was funny,” said Clarkson. “All of the Vines on there are mostly terrible and unoriginal.”

She thought that most of its content was overdone.

“I stopped using Vine for a while, they just take memes off Tumblr,” said Clarkston. “All the people on there just keep making the same jokes over and over again.”

Graves, on the other hand, was enthusiastic about Vine’s role in internet and teen culture.

“I love Vine,” she said. “I think it’s a really good form of media. It’s easily sharable, they’re quick, so it’s like ‘Hey, do you have six seconds to watch this Vine.’”

She remembered several of icons of Vine’s legacy.

“A lot of the memes you see come from Vine,” said Graves. “The ‘Damn Daniel’ thing was Vine. Thomas Sanders in general. ‘Hey how you doing I’m fine I’m lying I’m dying inside.’ ‘What are those.’”

Vine’s unique format was convenient for her.

“I relate to that Tumblr post that was like, ‘What am I supposed to do, develop an attention span longer than six seconds like some heathen,’” said Graves. “Vines were the ideal media form. Six seconds long. That was so millennial. It’s an ADHD thing.”

Few people were on the extremes of opinion.

“I wasn’t too mad about it, but it kind of sucks, because it was kind of cool,” said sophomore Adrian Rodriguez Cruz.

Sophomore Michael Acker also had a typical response.

“At first I thought it was fake, that it was just some people messing around on the internet,” said Acker. “It was weird I guess. I like Vine. I thought it was funny, and when I was bored, I just watched Vines.”

Regardless of degree of attachment to Vine, students have overall accepted the decision.

“Rest in Peace,” said Grayson.