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Jack Dorsey won't give up on Vine

New York Post·Lydia Moynihan·6 months ago
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Jack Dorsey is funding the return of Vine, now called Divine, 11 years after its demise.

The new decentralized, AI-free video app launched Thursday, allowing 500,000 creators to reclaim accounts.

Divine aims to be an antidote to algorithm-driven platforms, promoting “joy scrolling” and user control.

Eleven years after Vine died , Jack Dorsey is funding its resurrection and putting it back on the App Store.

“By bringing back Vine on a decentralized network, they are finally correcting every mistake,” Dorsey said of the move to bring back the six-second video app as Divine.

The decentralized, AI-free video app launched Thursday on the App Store and Google Play (though there is a wait list). Nearly 500,000 creators were able to reclaim their accounts and access their old content.

“By bringing back Vine on a decentralized network, they are finally correcting every mistake,” Dorsey said of the move to bring back the six-second video app as Divine.…

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