Giphy
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Giphy is a silo to search and share animated gifs.
See Also
- 2023-05-23: Acquired by Shutterstock for $53m.
- Shutterstock announcement: Shutterstock to Acquire GIPHY, the World’s Largest GIF Library and Search Engine May 23, 2023
- The Verge: Shutterstock picks up Giphy for $53 million after UK blocks Meta’s acquisition May 23, 2023
- Why acquired by Facebook for $400m: https://twitter.com/ahockley/status/1261414940054663170 (and every chat app)
- "Facebook is in the data business. Giphy is used in all sorts of closed ecosystems (Slack, forums, etc) where Facebook can’t gather data.
Until now." @ahockley May 15, 2020
- "Facebook is in the data business. Giphy is used in all sorts of closed ecosystems (Slack, forums, etc) where Facebook can’t gather data.
- Self-criticism: 2022-09-16 The Guardian: ‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion
“There are indications of an overall decline in gif use,” ... “They have fallen out of fashion as a content form, with younger users in particular describing gifs as ‘for boomers’ and ‘cringe’.”