Backed by Jack Dorsey, the app opens publicly with 500,000 archived Vine videos and requires new posts to be six seconds long and verified as human-made.
The project, led by former Twitter employee Evan Henshaw-Plath, aims to give creators more control over content, followers and revenue after Vine shut in 2017.
Divine returns as AI-generated material spreads online, but faces entrenched rivals including TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, which averages more than 200 billion daily views.
Can a six-second, AI-free video app survive against the TikTok behemoth?
Divine bans AI-generated videos but used AI to build its platform. Where is the line drawn?
How can a decentralized app promise a 'human' internet without centralized control over harmful content?