Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop

‘The app launch is less about nostalgia, and more an antidote to what social media has become,’ says Evan Henshaw-Plath of Divine. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

As a pioneer of the short-form video format, Vine has been credited as one of the most influential – if short-lived – social media platforms.

The app, which allowed users to record a looping six seconds of video, boomed in popularity after its launch in 2013, spawning a plethora of viral comedy sketches and internet memes. It hit 100 million monthly active users at its peak and helped launch the careers of influencers such as Logan Paul.