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fascinating article vice.com/en/article/z3nzb4/gifs-are-for-boomers-nowPermalink Look on archive.org
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i enjoy how the article really leans into the vernacular usage of "boomer" to mean "someone over 30". which i find personally annoying (because i am over 30), but ultimately respect (it is a fantastic troll)Look on archive.org
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but also!! god when someone does a tweet thread and adds a gif to every single tweet, what a wearying thing to read. if you are reading this and you do that... it's okay, i know you're just trying to inject some energy. but please stop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, fascinating the way that online communication works, elements coming in and out of focus depending on platform support & UX & fashion & cultural signifiers. a vernacular of using spoiler text, CWs, custom emoji reacts, gifs, images, particular dril tweets...Permalink Look on archive.org
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facebook tried to make a kind of neocities-like web page builder thing, called "egg". i was paying attention because i was afraid it was too close to the thing i am now making. anyway, i felt safe when i saw the example pages were crammed with gifs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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i feel like i should end this thread on a more positive note. here is a genuinely good piece of art about dragging gifs around on a page (and that connects to a different era of the gif) blingee.geocities.institute/treasure_trove/Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, actually, i thought of a poll. do you have a "gif folder"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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now I'm thinking about Giphy. and about the cultural effect of gifs all coming from a centralized source, found via particular search terms. but also about the fact that it didn't really have much of a business model, but was still worth $315m to Facebook.Permalink Look on archive.org
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but! looking it up, I see that Facebook apparently has to divest it?? i had missed this theverge.com/2021/11/30/22740272/facebook-giphy-acquisition-competition-and-markets-authority-uk-regulator this makes total sense tho - the most valuable use of Giphy is probably that monitoring it's traffic could tell FB what gif-using platforms were on the upswing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, another thought on the original article. saw this line in it: @SonOfSunTzu/1483901245060485122?s=20 and was reminded of a friend remarking recently how people don't quote TV shows in the same way any more -- something that v much had the same purpose.Permalink Look on archive.org
