The nostalgic charm of short-form video entertainment is returning with the launch of the Divine app, a modern reboot of the iconic Vine platform that once changed the way people shared creativity online. Backed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Divine aims to recreate the magic of six-second videos while keeping social media authentic and free from artificial intelligence-generated content.
Originally, Vine built a massive community before its shutdown in 2017, amassing more than 200 million active users. The app’s short looping clips made stars out of early internet creators and laid the groundwork for what platforms like TikTok would later become. Now, several years later, Vine’s spirit is being revived under a new name and vision: Divine—with an emphasis on human creativity and decentralized social interaction.
The Divine app officially launched in beta this week, featuring more than 100,000 clips from the original Vine archive. This massive restoration was led by Evan Henshaw-Plath, known online as Rabble, who worked alongside Dorsey during Twitter’s early days. Henshaw-Plath and his team spent months extracting and reconstructing videos from a long-lost archive, successfully recovering over 150,000 clips from about 60,000 creators. The restored archives include user profiles, view counts, and even some of the original comments once posted by fans.
What sets the Divine app apart in today’s crowded social media landscape is its firm stance against artificial intelligence-generated content. In a digital world overflowing with AI filters and synthetic avatars, Divine is taking a bold, retro-inspired approach. The platform runs on a decentralized protocol and uses verification tools from the Guardian Project, a human rights-oriented organization, to ensure every uploaded video is authentic. This technology confirms that each clip was genuinely recorded using a smartphone rather than fabricated by algorithms or deepfake software.
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The vision behind this reboot goes beyond nostalgia. As Henshaw-Plath explained, the Divine app represents a return to a time when social media was simple, organic, and truly social. Users will have complete control over their feeds, choosing whom to follow without interference from AI-powered recommendation systems. It’s a deliberate attempt to create an online space where real people—not robots—drive engagement and culture.
Original Vine creators are being welcomed back with open arms. The Divine team has made it possible for former Vine users to reclaim their profiles by verifying ownership through links in their old bios. Once verified, creators can upload unrecovered content or post new videos, reigniting communities that once thrived nearly a decade ago. The app also respects creators’ rights by allowing takedown requests through standard DMCA procedures.
Jack Dorsey is supporting the project through his nonprofit organization, “and Other Stuff,” signaling his broader interest in decentralization and digital authenticity. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), has also teased his own plans to revive Vine, though no official launch has taken shape yet.
As of now, the Divine app is available in beta for iOS users via TestFlight and for Android users through a direct APK download. While it remains early in development, the platform’s mission to restore creativity, authenticity, and nostalgia has already captured the attention of the online community.
With its anti-AI philosophy and throwback charm, the Divine app is not just relaunching a platform—it’s reviving a digital culture where originality defines success once again.