By realmnova 
The platform Vine, which launched the ultra-short audio boom in the 2010s, confirmed its return after nearly 10 years of suspension, re-opened itself in the form of a brand-new “Divine” and received financial support from the co-founder of Twitter (now X), Jack Dorsey.
Vine was first acquired by Twitter in 2013 and was uploaded and shared in a six-second cycle of short films, which later became the birthplace of a global short video culture. However, the service was closed in January 2017 due to a gradual reduction in users.
One of the greatest features of the return to the production of “Divine” was the successful restoration and re-enactment of about 150,000 to 200,000 old Vine videos by over 60,000 creators. If the original creator completes the identification, he can also retrieve his previous account number and content.
Divine is led by former twitter employee Evan Henshaw-Plath (nick name Rabble), who was funded by Jack Dorsey’s not-for-profit foundation, “and Other Stuff”, when he started the project, which supports open-source community platforms based on nostr agreements and experimental social networking projects.
Rabble says that about 170,000 old Vine videos have been restored and that he hopes to restore “millions of messages” and “a lot of old headers and personal data” in the future.
Divine also supports users in making their own new 6-second loop clips. The platform structure is biased towards a decentrized community website, with multiple content filters, self-defined algorithms, and plans to support custom-made algorithms produced by users themselves.
It is worth noting that Divine has a strong attitude towards AI:
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An internal AI detection system is set up, and a “non-AI-generated” film will be marked with an authentication stamp.
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If suspected AI generated or modified content is detected, the system directly prevents upload.
According to official sources, the current community platform is being invaded extensively by AI, while Divine’s mission is to create a space where human creativity can be seen and protected.
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App Store, but tens of thousands of people have been tested.
Divine is still in the Beta phase and has not yet formally built up the main platforms. The founders have revealed that the iOS test list has accumulated over 10,000 users. Some of the videos (with recovered Vine content) can be viewed first on the official website, but a few are still unsettled.
Despite the fact that there is still a way to get back, the re-starting news from Vine has been exciting for a single fan. Elon Musk, who has repeatedly referred to the revival of Vine, has not been able to do so, and now the diVine project, promoted by former Twitter members, seems to have a better chance of re-emerging the classic.