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Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by binarymax »

Grue3 wrote: post #6
minimaxir wrote: post #2

It's funny that Twitter is doing a GIF search because Twitter encodes GIFs as MP4s for bandwidth/performance reasons: http://blog.embed.ly/post/89265229166/what-twitter-isnt-tell... I am assuming from this announcement that Giphy's Series C pitch deck was just one slide saying "we have a partnership with Twitter; give us money."

And you need to click a blue play button to play it - not in gif spirit at all! Also it can only be saved as a video, which is likely terribly compressed from the original gif. By the way, Tumblr had this feature for ages: even the icon is completely identical. [1] [1] http://i.imgur.com/v59afJb.png

I dont need to press a button. 'GIFs' play automatically for me in Twitter when they are scrolled into view, and paused when scrolled outside of the main view area - which I think is a good experience.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by kin »

If it's something they already had for free and are now rebranding/repurposing, fine. But, there are many other features I'd rather have, like better lists, or a more open API for 3rd party apps to build off of.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by [deleted] »

binarymax wrote: post #12
Grue3 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And you need to click a blue play button to play it - not in gif spirit at all! Also it can only be saved as a video, which is likely terribly compressed from the original gif. By the way, Tumblr had this feature for ages: even the icon is completely identical. [1] [1] http://i.imgur.com/v59afJb.png

I dont need to press a button. 'GIFs' play automatically for me in Twitter when they are scrolled into view, and paused when scrolled outside of the main view area - which I think is a good experience.

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Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by atom-morgan »

minimaxir wrote: post #11
atroyn wrote: post #8

I don't understand why they'd choose this particular feature? Which group of users is this for?

Millennials. That is not a snarky response.

I'd add startups as well. At a previous company Slack was basically for sending GIFs all day long.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by minimaxir »

atom-morgan wrote: post #16
minimaxir wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Millennials. That is not a snarky response.

I'd add startups as well. At a previous company Slack was basically for sending GIFs all day long.

Modern startups are typically run by Millennials, so same difference. :p

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by xienze »

> “GIPHY delivers real-time GIFs as they happen, helping to power Twitter’s live commentary and conversation,” says Alex Chung, founder and CEO of GIPHY.

Someone built a 30+ person company around animated GIFs. And they say there isn't a bubble...

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by slig »

xienze wrote: post #18

> “GIPHY delivers real-time GIFs as they happen, helping to power Twitter’s live commentary and conversation,” says Alex Chung, founder and CEO of GIPHY. Someone built a 30+ person company around animated GIFs. And they say there isn't a bubble...

Yesterday's story "Giphy Closes $55M Series C at a $300M Post-Money Valuation" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11110828
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