A new app is bringing Vine back, with a very 2026 twist
The app has about 100,000 users and uses archived posts to recreate Vine while blocking AI-generated videos, Rabble said.
- Divine officially launched last week, reviving the six-second video format popularized by Vine. Founder Rabble, an early Twitter employee backed by Jack Dorsey, created the app with a strict ban on AI-generated content.
- Originally acquired by Twitter for $30 million, Vine shuttered in 2017. Divine restored the platform's legacy by utilizing an archive of more than 2 million original posts preserved by volunteer archivists.
- Rabble aims to counter the "mediocrity" of AI-generated content by prioritizing human creativity. The platform operates on decentralized digital infrastructure, allowing users control over their own norms and rules.
- With around 100,000 users already, Divine secured its first brand partnership with Taco Bell. The move reflects early commercial interest in the nostalgic, human-centric video feed.
- Pinterest and LinkedIn are responding to user frustration regarding AI-generated content in feeds. Meanwhile, owners of MySpace are exploring a revival, reflecting broader industry nostalgia.
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Millennials, rejoice… the beloved video app Vine is making a comeback. Well, sort of. The internet was in mourning when Twitter shut down the six-second looping video app in 2017. Although Vine struggled to establish a viable business model in a saturated market, it pioneered short-form video. The post A new app brings back Vine, with a very 2026 twist appeared first on KVIA.
For a week now, the spiritual successor of the Vine app has been available for download. Sobrement called "Divine", this new platform takes over the codes of the short video format while prohibiting the content generated via artificial intelligence. It is a well-known application of the Y generation, willingly called "TikTok ancestor". Launched in 2012 before being brutally abandoned five years later, for lack of profitability, the Vine platform…
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