Many smartphone users are familiar with popular social networking apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. One of the newest social networking apps hitting the market combines different elements of those three apps into one. Vine is a new app developed by the team behind Twitter and allows users to create and upload short video clips on their site, as well as share them on Facebook and Twitter.

Vine uses the camera on your smartphone. It allows you to take short gif-like video clips, with audio up to six seconds long. The experience of using Vine is similar to Snapchat.

Users tap on the screen to record bits and pieces of what’s happening around them or what’s on their mind. Sharing video clips on Vine is similar to Instagram, aside from the retro filters; users can use has tags, like, and follow other users.

With over 100,000 users so far, Vine has already developed favor by many celebrities. Some well-known vine users include Tyler the Creator, Jimmy Fallon, and Kate Upton.  Vine has also been very popular with many tech-savvy people, but hopefully will soon gain attention to the regular folk.

Even though Vine is a great app, it has its setbacks. Not being able to use clips from your camera roll and the total length can end up not letting you be able to share the entirety of what happening around you. Also, Android users have been left out for now and have to settle for similar apps like Cinemagram .

Personally, I think Vine will be an engine for all sorts of creative people. Already you can see funny, mind-bending, and clever clips on Vine. I mostly use Vine to show people what’s going on around. My friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter can see a more amusing side to my day to day life.

If you don’t use Vine now, in the next couple of months you will probably see it popping all you’re your Facebook and Twitter feeds. If anyone asks you where you heard of it just say “Oh I heard it through the grapevine.”