Vine-al countdown: fans share favourite Vines before app shuts down

Users of the platform remind us what we stand to lose when this weird and wonderful corner of the internet ceases to exist

Twitter's announcement on Thursday that it would be discontinuing Vine prompted a public outpouring of grief in six-second, endlessly looped increments.

We shared some of the classics of the genre on Friday but social media users have continued to nominate their favourites over the weekend, serving only to remind us of how much we stand to lose when this weird and wonderful corner of the internet closes down.