Remember that app called Vine? The app is back and available for download on Android and iPhone.
Who doesn’t remember the Vine? The app, launched in 2013, let users create and share short videos. Its fast-paced, funny style and viral content quickly became popular, launching the careers of many creators such as Anton Lover, Andrea Compton, Herregon, Dante Caro, and Jorge Cremades.
Vine exploded in popularity and was purchased by Twitter before it was even officially released. However, the app was shut down in January 2017 due to its lack of profitability and limited ability to compete in the increasingly competitive social media landscape. Nevertheless, many users, particularly Millennials and Generation Z, fondly remember it for its role in popularizing the short-form video format that now dominates Instagram and TikTok. These users will receive good news, as Vine has been relaunched under the name diVine.
According to information published by TechCrunch, the diVine app provides access to an archive of approximately 500,000 Vine videos restored from a backup of the original service, allows creators to repost six-second videos, and is now funded by "and Other Stuff"—a non-profit organization created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in May 2015.
To develop the diVine app, Evan Henshaw-Plath—one of Twitter’s early employees, a member of the “and Other Stuff” group, also known online as “Rabble”—began searching through the original Vine archive.
Rable explained to TechCrunch that a significant portion of this content was previously archived by the community's Archive Team project. Specifically, the videos were stored in massive binary files ranging from 40 to 50 gigabytes in size, forcing Rable to create massive data analytics programs to analyze and understand their structure and reconstruct them using data associated with each post, such as the number of views, likes, and comments. However, TechCrunch reported that it wasn't possible to recover all the information, but significant progress had been made.
The diVine app arrived with the same features, but the most notable is a new function called "Compilation Mode." This feature allows users to create their own video playlists, but how does it work? To use this function, simply search for a tag (#dogs) – for example, #dogs – and a series of videos related to that topic will automatically play.
Regarding app availability, diVine is now available for free download on both iOS and Android , as well as on its official website . Currently, access is granted to users on the waiting list, and other users will be granted access later via invitation codes. However, the first short videos that went viral online can be viewed on the website.