This new social network would be just as happy to stay small

Divine is rekindling the quirky humanity of the long-gone fan-favorite short-video service Vine—but in a decentralized form designed to remain viable without having to rake in billions.

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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........

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