Vine, the Original Short-Form Video App, Is Back From the Dead

The internet’s most quotable time is making a comeback, and AI won’t be part of it. Vine, the platform that shaped an entire generation’s humor through six-second clips of internet brilliance, is returning in a new form called diVine, backed in part by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.

Launching this week, diVine will open allow access to 100,000 archived videos, recovered from a pre-shutdown backup created before Vine was discontinued in 2017.

According to TechCrunch, t’s also a fully functioning platform. Users can build profiles, upload new six-second videos, and revive the quick-cut, punchline-first creativity that made Vine legendary.

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And in what seems to be a big FU to the current state of the world, no AI will be allowed on the app.

If diVine suspects a clip is AI-generated, the app blocks it. No deepfakes. No uncanny “Vine but automated” content. The team is positioning diVine as a return to human-made humor, timing, and personality, qualities many users feel are slipping from today’s feeds. And people are thrilled.

“‘Does not allow AI-generated content’ will be the rule that lets new social media apps beat the ones we rely on today,” one X user wrote.

“TIKTOK COUNT YOUR MOTHERFAWKING DAYS,” another declared while someone else celebrated with, “This is gonna replace my Twitter addiction IM FREEEEEE.”

Vine gave us classics like “What the fuck is up, kyle?” and “do it for the vine!” and “eyebrows on fleek.”

It also launched major creators like King Bach, Liza Koshy, and Brittany Furlan, who all turned six-second gags into real careers.

diVine is betting on that mix of nostalgia and originality, obviously, but also on AI content fatigue, a deeper cultural shift. As platforms push harder into botted content, diVine is boldly choosing the opposite path… for now. Will it dethrone TikTok? Hard to say. But if there’s anything Vine taught us, it’s that six seconds is more than enough time to change the language and culture of the internet.

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