{
  "id": 2358926,
  "title": "This new social network would be just as happy to stay small",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/this-new-social-network-would-be-just-as-happy-to-stay-small",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91593130/divine-vine-video-nostr-rabble"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new social network called Divine aims to capture the essence of the now-defunct Vine, a six-second video platform that was shut down by Twitter in 2016. Divine's creator, Evan Henshaw-Plath, formerly known as Rabble, built the app as an archive of more than 100,000 Vine videos and now enables users to create new videos on the platform. Divine emphasizes an algorithm-free, human-driven curation approach, with users choosing what to follow and videos spreading based on reposts and reboosts. Unlike Vine, Divine does not use an algorithmic feed, which was introduced by Twitter shortly before the shutdown. Divine also has a strict no-AI policy, ensuring that all videos are created by humans and uploaded through its app alone. By embracing a smaller scale and a more community-oriented approach, Divine aims to demonstrate that social networks can thrive without becoming massive, powerful entities. Financial support for Divine comes from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who provided funding through his collective, And Other Stuff, and through the decentralized storage technology called Blossom.",
  "summary": "Hello again and welcome back to Fast Company ’s Plugged In . Countless defunct tech products are cherished icons of nostalgia. Vine may be unique for having become one practically the moment it ceased to exist. The social network, which consisted entirely of six-second video loops, hadn’t yet launched when it was acquired by Twitter in October 2012. Once it went live, it became a haven for silly,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}