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Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by makeee »

xienze wrote: post #46
Tenhundfeld wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess your critique is that Giphy doesn't have a clear, announced monetization strategy? That sounds fair. I haven't done any research on the company, but that seemed vague in their recent funding announcement/valuation. However, I think it's fair to say that Giphy has created something people want to use. Anecdotally, their Slack integration is very popular in the channels I frequent. Maybe the lack of public mone…

What makes this indicative of a bubble is the combination of: a. Business centered around an utterly frivolous endeavor b. Seemingly far more employees than necessary to support (a) c. Many millions of dollars raised in the pursuit of (a) and (b) You're absolutely correct that people want to use it. But they sure as hell aren't gonna pay directly for it or put up with ads. This is not a business made to last. I know…

Actually Giphy has a pretty sound business model. They are already integrated into most of the large communication services used in the US (facebook messenger, twitter, slack, kik). When a movie studio wants to promote their next film they are going to pay Giphy a lot of money to make sure their gifs are featured. It's not inconceivable that that Giphy and it's like (Riffsy, PopKey) become a massive advertising channel for movies and tv. $300m seems like a lot, but I don't think it's ridiculous.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by chippy »

I hope I'm not the only one who looked on their task bar to see the date wasn't close to 1 April!

But aside from the seriousness of this feature, I think there's something crucial here - and it's where emojiis were pointing at - its easier to tell a story with a picture, and pictures can cross the language barrier. I expect there to be more and more reaction images / gifs across Twitter, Facebook, even on hacker news on day. I bet that in 2 years either HN will have animated gifs, or it will be less busy and people will be somewhere else where there are some.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by dominotw »

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...

>Someone built a 30+ person company around animated GIFs.

Its one my main sources of entertainment( imgur). There is an explosion of information/media on the internet and we need new formats, presentation to reign that in and make it palatable. I don't think its as stupid as you are making it out to be. There is huge potential in this space.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by stirner »

sktrdie wrote: post #63
stirner wrote: post #60

It's sad to see such an important tech company reinforce the use of an outdated pseudo-video format like GIF.

They actually transform the GIF and serve a loop of the mp4 video.

Right, as do most "GIF" websites I know of. But they don't allow users to directly upload MP4/WebM videos, do they? So they still encourage and require the use of GIF.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by rezistik »

mintplant wrote: post #32
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...

They're rehosting loads of copyrighted content, too.

Wouldn't GIF's count as original work in the IP courts? As in, the GIF is a significant change from the source so it's now a new thing.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by azinman2 »

j_lev wrote: post #70

Ironically the 4chan crowd who create most of the world's shareable GIF content are either banned from Twitter because a feminist got outraged or have left of their own volition.

And they wonder why there are issues surrounding gender in tech with comments like these...

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by bjacobel »

j_lev wrote: post #70

Ironically the 4chan crowd who create most of the world's shareable GIF content are either banned from Twitter because a feminist got outraged or have left of their own volition.

Those darn feminists, always getting so offended by innocent comments from the fine, upstanding folk on 4chan.

Re: Introducing GIF search on Twitter

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Post by hellameta »

Everyone in here acting like Facebook didn't get the exact same backlash for all the changes they made in the last 5-6 years. You'll recall there was never such thing as a newsfeed back in the day... Twitter will be just fine. This is absolutely the right move and you will all forget about this and go back to tweeting as soon as you're done complaining I'm sure.
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