Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.

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Divine, a reboot of the beloved six-second looping video platform Vine, has launched publicly on iOS and Android. Backed by Jack Dorsey's nonprofit 'and Other Stuff,' the app restores roughly 500,000 archived Vine videos from nearly 100,000 original creators. Built on the open Nostr protocol, Divine explicitly bans AI-generated content using C2PA verification, and is experimenting with integrating AT Protocol (Bluesky) and ActivityPub (Mastodon). The app features a compilation mode for autoplay browsing by hashtag and operates as a public benefit corporation with no current revenue model. Several original Vine stars have already joined the platform.

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

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First of all, who let Jack Dorsey cook?
Second, maybe better federate with the wider Fediverse/Atmosphere rather than being another walled garden shitfuckery?

Love the attempt to bring some ‘human’ back to the internet - AI fatigue is real. But reviving old Vine clips feels less like a solution and more like nostalgia as a coping mechanism. We’re not really craving those exact videos so much as what they represented. Still, if the alternative is an endless feed of synthetic sludge, I’ll take six seconds of chaotic human energy any day.