Twitter’s new social video app isn’t having a smooth launch day.
Despite being well-received, Vine has faced a mess of issues since it launched Thursday morning. First, server-side bugs led to users signing into other people’s accounts. Then the app had to disable video-sharing to social networks. And all day long, there’s been the general bugginess of trying to sign in via Twitter and find friends through Twitter or Facebook.
And as of Thursday evening, it appears that Facebook has blocked Vine’s access to its network.
When you try to find Facebook-connected friends on the app, an error message pops up: “Vine is not authorized to make this Facebook request.” This is only hours after the app had no problem connecting to, and pulling friend data from, your Facebook network.
Neither Facebook nor Vine or Twitter responded for comment at the time of publication.
Facebook cutting off Vine is another way for the social giant to exert its powers. Considering Facebook just released data about how third-party, Facebook-connected mobile apps have much more engaged users, it’s clear that Facebook doesn’t want to give Vine the same benefits.
But it’s a development that further illustrates the battles taking place between social giants — it comes on the heels of other competitive shenanigans, including Instagram dropping Twitter card integration, and Twitter subsequently cutting Instagram off from finding friends within its app.
All this strategic posturing is much more than just a headache for Vine. The app continues to enjoy a tremendous amount of launch-day buzz, and as new users are flocking in and signing up, they’re the ones being greeted with super-annoying roadblocks. It proves once again that when the social networks decide to stop playing nice, ultimately, the loser is you.
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