He also took the time to publicly agree with another Twitter user - who had chimed in to opine that “video shouldn’t be a separate app” but should rather be “within Twitter”. In response to a tweet from YouTuber, Mr Beast - which jokily referenced TikTok - Musk struck a serious tone, asking: “What could we do to make it better than TikTok?” This engagement in turn garnered a bit of additional attention from Musk who responded to some of his followers’ questions/suggestions on the social video topic.

The question - whether serious product idea or another Elon flight of fancy/’trollercoaster’ tweet - quickly drew millions of votes (most in favor) and thousands of responding tweets. In the last few hours the self styled “Chief Twit”) has tweeted a yes/no poll to his 112.4 million followers - pithily positing: “Bring back Vine?”. New Twitter owner Elon Musk has signalled a potential interest in reviving Vine, the social video app Twitter gave up on six years ago.

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