The Divine app will drop invite codes on Thursday, August 20. Divine’s August 18 blog post says anyone can then download Divine Video and start joyscrolling without a waitlist. Until Thursday, Taco Bell fans can jump the line with the code TACO-BELL.
What the Divine app opens this week
Divine is a six-second looping video app from Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath, a Twitter founding-team member. Jack Dorsey funded the work through And Other Stuff. However, Divine says he has no equity in the company. The app sits on Nostr, stays open source, and bans AI-generated clips. You record in the in-app camera. You do not upload files from TikTok or Instagram.
Taco Bell’s own newsroom also names more than 2.5 million restored Vine classics on the service. Divine first launched in the App Store and Google Play on April 29 behind invite codes. Therefore Thursday is the public door, not the first ship date.
Taco Bell gets the first brand seat
Divine named Taco Bell as its first brand partner. The tie-in rides Taco Bell’s Decades #TBTB menu, which brings back 2016 items on August 20. Fans can enter TACO-BELL in the Divine app now for early access. Taco Bell says that offer runs through August 20 and is aimed at U.S. Rewards members 18 and older.
What Rabble says stays human
“By stripping away the pressure to create content that gets picked up by an ad algorithm, we’ve uncovered what it is that people actually want to create,” Rabble said. The company also added stop-motion, Inspired By, creator tipping, Divine Kids, and Divine Greenlight. Also, Jack Dorsey said open protocols keep identity and posts from locking into one garden.
This is a different bet from the short-video recaps we covered when Reddit tested video and audio versions of posts. It is also a different payout story than X Original Content Rewards. If you want in before Thursday, the app listing is Divine Video. After Thursday, Divine says you will not need a code at all.
