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Do It for 'Da Vine': Divine, the AI-Free Video App and Vine Archive, Is Out Now
The AI-free reboot uses open social protocols and requires proof of authenticity to block generated clips, while creators can post new six-second videos.
- Divine, a new video app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's nonprofit And Other Stuff, launched on the Apple App Store and Google Play, featuring roughly 500,000 archived Vine videos.
- Early Twitter employee Evan Henshaw-Plath, known as "Rabble," led the reconstruction of content from massive 50GB binary files; Dorsey invested $10 million to correct his 2017 decision to shut down Vine.
- Divine requires users to record videos directly in the app or verify authenticity using C2PA standards, while operating on the Nostr open protocol to give creators full control over their data and content.
- Original Viner Lele Pons reclaimed her account, calling Divine an "iconic app" that marks "the beginning of everything," signaling strong creator adoption despite competition from algorithm-driven platforms like TikTok.
- Henshaw-Plath designed Divine to be "resistant to enshittification" by avoiding ads and promoting "joyscrolling instead of doomscrolling," prioritizing human creativity over engagement-driven algorithms.
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