General

Vid is a video social journal where you can create beautiful video memories, connect with friends and family, share your content with other members and earn vibes.

Vid gives our users (who we call members) vibes, our in-app currency. Every day. Just for being part of the platform. Members can then share their earned vibes with their favorite Creators, as well as purchase more vibes to share with their favorite Creators.

We are revolutionizing the social media industry and creating a new place for people to create, share, connect and earn.

Want to be part of the future of social media?

Download Vid and create an account to start growing with us.

No. Everyone who uses the app in a day gets a portion of the vibes available for that day, which can be redeemed for VI. The value of the vibes you earn depends on the community and businesses creating value on the platform.

You can earn more vibes by using the app, posting public videos, and increasing your Impact Score. See below for more information on how to increase it.

Vid is a phone app and is supported on most smartphones and tablets, including Apple iOS (iOS 12 and higher, including iPads!) and Android (SDK21 and higher).

Earn from what you share! Users earn vibes, which can be redeemed for VI -- a digital currency, much like Bitcoin -- when they create and share Vids, and also when they watch them!

Yes. In fact, because you earn vibes while watching and posting videos, it’s even better than free!

Vid earns VI tokens when advertisers run ads in the app. (We keep 10% of that VI to run the company, and give 90% back to the users by sending it to the return address.)

Yes!

Vibes

Vibes are like “likes” on any social media app -- except vibes are worth actual money in Vid. When you show your appreciation of someone’s Vid by giving them vibes, you’re also transferring credits to them.

Vibes can be redeemed for the VI token within your account at vid.camera. See above for more information about the VI token!

1) You get free vibes just by logging into the Vid app every day.

2) You can also get vibes from people that like your videos and send you vibes by tapping on the circles in the bottom right corner of your video.

The VI Token

VI is a digital currency, much like bitcoin. The value of VI is created by users joining Vid and using the platform. Instead of hoarding the value, Vid redistributes it back to the users.

Nope. The Vid app is tied to the VI token. The VID token isn’t related to our company.

You can see your VI token balance, as well as an in-depth transaction history, by logging into your account at vid.camera.

Of course -- they’re yours! Using the website wallet, you can send VI to any compatible ERC20 wallet for a small transaction fee.

1. Get an ERC20 Wallet that you can withdraw your VI to. Some popular wallets include Metamask, MyEtherWallet, and Coinbase.

2. Put your ERC20 wallet address into the Withdraw screen on the Vid app.

3. Press Withdraw. That’s how easy it is!

Usually transactions appear immediately, or within a few minutes, although it can take up to 24 hours or more depending on the Ethereum network.

For an interesting (and only mildly technical) read, check out the VI Whitepaper at https://vid.camera/files/Vi-UBI.pdf. It has more information about VI, Universal Basic Income, and Vid.

Liquid exchange: https://liquid.com

Uniswap exchange: https://uniswap.org

Making & Sharing Vids

A Vid is a short video, uploaded to the Vid app. The app is filled with them, and we strongly recommend you watch some of the top ones by downloading the app and diving in!

You can record clips up to 10 seconds each. If you’d like a longer video, you can stitch together multiple clips in the app, to make a 30-second Vid. You can also record a longer video with your phone, up to 30 seconds, and upload it as a Vid.

Each Vid can be up to 30 seconds long.

Of course! All of these are available in the app.

They’re coming!

You can publish a single Vid for each calendar day. (However, you can post any number of Vids for the past -- one for each date -- using videos from your camera roll.)

You can make two Vids public for others to view every day. However, you can still only have one Vid per calendar date, so at least one of those would have to be for a date in the past. Be warned, though: if you upload a Vid, then delete it and upload it again... it counts as two.

Explore eligibility is based on a Vid’s views, likes, and the creator’s Impact Score, as well as the time since the Vid was first published. More recent Vids, with many likes and views, and a high creator Impact Score, make it more likely the Vid will appear on the Explore list. You can also spend vibes to appear on the Explore list. Caveat: only one Vid per user can appear in the list within any 24-hour timeframe.

You can also appear on the Trending

Impact Score

Your Impact Score is a score, generated every day, that affects both your influence on the platform and the number of vibes you’re rewarded every day that you’re active. Basically, a high Impact Score means you’ll see more vibes in your balance every day.

A number of factors affect your score, including how many days in a row you’ve used the app (daily users see much higher scores), how often you view other people’s Vids, how often you make Vids and how often people view them, and your view-to-follower ratio.

Your impact score is based on your contribution to the Vid platform relative to other users. Increase any of these metrics and your impact score will go up:

Reach – the amount of unique views across all your public vids.

Consistency – how often you use the app.

Viewing - the number of Vids you’ve watched.

Creating – the number of Vids you’ve created compared to other users.

Engagement - the amount of unique views across all your public vids divided by your follower number.

Invite score – the amount of people you’ve invited to the app.

The single biggest reason an Impact Score falls is when users forget to use the app for a day. Don’t worry -- use the app some more, and watch your score climb right back up!

Your Impact Score, and the elements of it, aren’t a running total. Instead, they’re relative scores, and each element is based on other Vid users’ activities. For example, a Viewing Score of “3” doesn’t mean you’ve watched three Vids. Instead, it means that on a daily basis, you’re viewing more Vids than those with Viewing Scores of “2”, and you’re viewing fewer Vids than those with scores of “5”. That example applies to each element of your Impact Score, and to your total Impact Score overall.

For an interesting (and only mildly technical) read, check out the VI Whitepaper at https://vid.camera/files/Vi-UBI.pdf. It has more information about how we calculate scores, and how VI and Vid works.

Use Vid at least once every 24 hours, and you’ll earn VI. The countdown timer lets you know how much time you have before those hours are up. Think of it as a gentle reminder.

Invitations and Referrals

No, anyone can join Vid. When you use an invite or referrer code, the inviter and invitee both get 500 vibes.

From your journal page, click the "Invite" button. For each Vid that you upload and make public, you'll get a new invite code, for a max of 10 invites. Codes may take 24 hours to appear. For each new member who uses one of your invites, you'll receive 500 vibes for free!

Tags

Yes! Every Vid can now feature up to five optional tags.

We’re releasing tags, based on popularity. If a word you’d like to use isn’t available yet, let us know at [email protected].

Yes. Users bought tags in OpenSea Auctions, and they hold the primary rights to those tags. Anyone can still use the tags, but the first search result for any tag will always show the owner’s latest Vid featuring that tag. Each tag owner also receives 1% of vibes given to any Vid with their tag. (Don’t worry, the vibes come out of Vid’s portion, not the recipient’s!)

You can claim your tags by clicking "Log in" and going to your Profile