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Show HN: StartupGIFs – A repo of GIFs for every situation

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Post by luisb » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

Show HN: StartupGIFs – A repo of GIFs for every situation
startupgifs.com

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Post by moltensodium » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:19 PM UTC

Can I just rant for 5 minutes about how the majority of the time when I pull up social media and open a trending topic or what have you, 90% of the posts are just people trying to come up with the perfect reaction gif and zinger. I often just close the page without ever knowing what happened, but just seeing the same five images trying to be forced into the same melodramatic reaction joke over and over.

No I really don't need to see the universe mind exploding guy in response to a story about some minor medical survey again. It's been done, thanks.

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Post by lol768 » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:25 PM UTC

I think if a startup I was trying to do business with used any of these, I'd start to question how professional they are..

A few emoticons or emoji? Fine. Reaction gifs in business email? Ehhh, no thanks.

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Post by Akinato » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:28 PM UTC

Oh gosh please no. Gifs are fine on Reddit, but I personally don't think they should be used in professional communications. I don't find it humanizes companies so much as it makes it look like they're trying too hard to appear youthful. It's like a parent insisting on repeating an inside joke you had with your friends.

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Post by personlurking » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:42 PM UTC

moltensodium wrote: post #2

Can I just rant for 5 minutes about how the majority of the time when I pull up social media and open a trending topic or what have you, 90% of the posts are just people trying to come up with the perfect reaction gif and zinger. I often just close the page without ever knowing what happened, but just seeing the same five images trying to be forced into the same melodramatic reaction joke over and over. No I really d…

Youtube comments are the worst for written memes. The smaller or more niche the channel, the less it seems to occur. It's always a breath of fresh air to see informational/interesting comments on the smaller channels (and to have responsive Youtubers). I don't really use FB much so I don't know if it's equally as bad these days, in terms of memes as comments.

Regarding the Show HN, personally I'd like such a repo for WhatsApp conversations, but nothing work-related for the reasons others have mentioned.

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Post by jonplackett » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:47 PM UTC

Can a company legally just send any old gif containing copyright material (like all these do?)

I see so many companies doing it, even tweeting it.

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Post by anatolinicolae » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:48 PM UTC

bruh, love it. nice idea! https://www.startupgifs.com/gifs/a86ccaf5177

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Post by contingencies » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:49 PM UTC

Assumed this would be satire until it rendered.

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Post by ape4 » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:58 PM UTC

Will age as well as the under-construction.gif and others from the early days of the web

Re: Show HN: StartupGIFs – A repo of GIFs for every situation

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Post by werber » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 7:04 PM UTC

I appreciate a gif when it's related to something we've talked about, but a random gif from pop culture seems kinda crass in professional conversation