Nearly a decade after Jack Dorsey shut down Vine in 2017, the famous six-second video platform has relaunched as Devine, funded by the same guy who killed it. This new app is a response to the rise of content and videos created using algorithms and artificial intelligence on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
Acts as both divine muse and rebirth. It contains half a million original Vine clips, which, along with other human-generated videos, are part of a digital archive of Internet history. Its main objective is clear: “Freedom from the AI slope.”
All videos must be produced by humans, either through human video creation directly inside the app or through the Guardian Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to digital rights.
At its peak, Vine had 100 million monthly active users and even spawned the careers of people like Logan Paul. Twitter’s closure of Vine in 2017 left a void that was later filled by TikTok. However, Divine comes with a unique proposition – human creativity versus AI-powered creativity.
Devine was founded by Evan Henshaw-Plath, also known as Rubble on the Internet, who worked for Twitter. Funding is supplied by Dorsey’s non-profit and other materials; This company focuses on developing open-source social media projects.
As for Dorsey, he acknowledged the flaws that existed in Vine’s original form, and emphasized that the divine creator would be able to maintain its content and followers without any outside sources of income.
The most distinctive aspect about Divine is that it refuses to include AI content. Nowadays, when social media faces issues involving fake videos, Devine relies on people to verify each piece of content uploaded.
