Rumors are that they have money for few months and after this it'll be some solution found, most probably closure.

Youtube, Twitch , and their talentless ecelebs cornered the child-viewer market, who comprise the majority of viewership, I assume

@IronFilm

Btw talk on the link is quite amazing. As people behave like little capitalist who want to somehow make public product into their private property. I agree about their right on the film or song, but please, do not use any samples, gear or DAWs or NLE. Also, please do not watch any other things as you stole all the ideas from proper owners. Preferable also not to use roads, cars and shops. Place little house you completely do yourself deep in the woods, came up with all this tools by yourself close to death let us hear your amazing aka shitty music piece.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/wedding-event-videography-techniques/536347-vimeo-shut-down-my-account.html

People losing their accounts

@IronFilm

Extremely strange saying.

It is capitalism that is ruining internet, and all this copyright shit is just one of its properties.

I am leaving Vimeo over their scandalous DMCA policy

https://www.eoshd.com/2018/10/i-am-leaving-vimeo-over-their-scandalous-dmca-policy/

It is just final blow. Now they certainly won't survive. :-)

@MirrorMan

I think they close, as for now their value is negative.

In an Axios interview, company chief Anjali Sud said Vimeo was shifting away from its emphais on indie filmmaking (not that it's completely giving that up) and will instead focus on selling a creative tool, Vimeo Stock. It'll center around access to a large stock video collection, and will offer tools to optimize and post footage across a slew of social networks.

Expect closure within 6 months after stock idea will fail miserably.

Ah really - I don't notice this, I have no problems with my companies use of Vimeo and clients are happy with the link/albums etc we send - what do you mean "views are horrible"?

I find interviews with new CEO talking about pulling out of the SVOD market and focussing on content creators - but no rumours of "death of Vimeo" :D Do you have any links you can provide?

Not dead yet: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/vimeo-for-macos-final-cut-pro

Vimeo Launches Social Distribution Tools to Help Creators Grow and Engage Their Audience​

February 14, 2018

Today, Vimeo announced two social distribution tools designed to help creators expand their audience while simplifying their workflow. First, the launch of Simulcast allows live events to be simultaneously streamed from the Vimeo platform to multiple destinations including Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Periscope. Second, Vimeo's Publish to Social feature allows creators to natively publish their videos to Facebook and YouTube with just one click. Both features are available to members of specific paid Vimeo plans, with more social platforms to be added in the coming months.

"We are committed to helping creators succeed anywhere - on and off Vimeo. As ad-supported platforms become increasingly walled off to keep content on their sites, we are building new ways to be an agnostic distribution hub, so creators don't have to choose," said Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo. "Our new social distribution tools will give Vimeo creators a wider audience, deeper engagement, and a fundamentally simplified distribution process."

Highlighted features of Simulcast include: 

• More viewers, higher engagement: Ability to simultaneously live stream events directly from Vimeo to any RTMP-enabled destination (including Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Periscope and more). Creators can now stream to multiple destinations from a creator's website to their social pages to expand audience reach.
• Saves bandwidth costs: With Simulcast, live events streamed to multiple social platforms require a single input stream, as opposed to separate streams for each destination. This means less bandwidth costs and a simpler workflow, especially for events where bandwidth uplink is limited (like conferences or an outdoor event).
• Simplified workflow: When the live event is complete, the stream is automatically archived on Vimeo, so creators can manage, review, or share high-quality post-event videos.

Highlighted features of Publish to Social include:

• Single distribution hub: Creators can publish their videos directly from Vimeo natively to other social platforms (including Facebook and YouTube), with just one click. Instead of having to upload videos to each social platform separately, creators now have one home where they can manage their entire distribution strategy.
• Increased audience reach: Since social platforms like Facebook favor native uploads, creators can gain better visibility and higher audience exposure on those sites.
• Stats and performance dashboard: Ability to see side-by-side stats for each social platform (including plays, likes, and comments), so creators can track how their videos perform across the web.

$200 a year for Pro, not too expensive for the functionality. I think a Plus account allows you to replace the videos at the same link, add timecode notes, create personalised albums and other stuff. For us (corporate video production) its a great tool, UI seems much better than YT for my needs. If I was a freelance cam op I'd probably still choose it over YT. Not too expensive as a place to store your videos for client access/download etc.