Is Vine back? Short-form video-sharing app Divine opens to public
A new short-form video app called Divine has launched, positioning itself as a decentralized, AI-free successor to the original Vine. Backed by Jack Dorsey, the platform aims to offer a 'reset' for social media by prioritizing human-created content.
Why it matters
The app represents a growing trend of decentralized social media platforms attempting to challenge the dominance of AI-heavy, centralized tech giants.
Image source, Divine By Laura Cress Technology reporter Published 16 minutes ago A new app seen as a spiritual successor to short-form video service Vine has been released to the public.
Much like the original, Divine lets users create and share videos which are just six seconds long and repeat on a loop.
The new app also hosts more than two million original Vine videos and - in a bid to further distance itself from other platforms - bans content made by AI.
Divine's founder, former Twitter employee Evan Henshaw-Plath, told the BBC he wanted to create the app because he felt social media needed "a reset".
"I want to see it rival other apps because I think we have gone awry," he said in an interview a few weeks before the public launch.
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