Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is supporting the launch of diVine, a new app aiming to revive the popular Vine platform known for its six-second looping videos. The initiative includes access to over 100,000 archived Vine videos, meticulously restored from a backup predating Vine’s closure.
diVine aims to offer more than just nostalgia. Users will be able to create profiles and share their own new Vine videos. Notably, the app is set to address the rise of generative AI content by flagging and blocking suspected AI-generated posts, distinguishing itself from conventional social media platforms.
The development of diVine was made possible by funding from Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit organization, ‘and Other Stuff,’ established in May 2025. The project signifies a shift towards supporting innovative open-source endeavors and tools that could reshape the social media landscape.
Behind the scenes, Evan Henshaw-Plath, a former Twitter employee and member of ‘and Other Stuff,’ delved into the Vine archive. Following Twitter’s announcement of Vine’s closure in 2016, a group known as the Archive Team backed up the platform’s videos. While these files were initially stored in large binary formats, making them inaccessible for regular viewing, this archive inspired Henshaw-Plath to explore the possibility of extracting and repurposing the content for a Vine-inspired mobile application.
The endeavor not only resurrects Vine’s iconic content but also introduces measures to safeguard against the proliferation of AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch