Comment on Is Vine back? Short-form video-sharing app Divine opens to public

• Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  \<sigh\> you’re probably right, unfortunately.

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• MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not looking to come off a dorsey hugger but surely he’s one of the better guys in club evil? And did he enshit twitter that much?

  Genuine questions as I have very little actual knowledge on the subject. Never used any of his products afaik.

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  • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yeah he’s one of the cryptobros; he ragequit the bsky board because they wanted to actually moderate toxicity; and he cosied up to elon musk at twitter, lately.

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    • MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks for the answer, sounds disgusting!

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• Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  FAQ says

  Jack Dorsey doesn’t own Divine, although he has provided funding through a grant from And Other Stuff (AOS). He holds no equity and has no ownership. He supports projects like Divine to advance open protocols without VC-led, extractive business models.

  (just quoting for context; I can’t say anything about the claim)

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  • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    oh fair point.

    i also love how the link on this part of the bbc website:

    Divine’s website FAQs, external outlines several ways for the platform to ensure all videos on the app are human-made, without AI involvement.

    had “?utm_source=chatgpt.com” in the link; we see you bbc editors

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