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Part of it also is that Giphy has licensing agreements with media rights owners to create gifs based on their content . . . they're not just indexing existing g

by ldd- 9y ago

Part of it also is that Giphy has licensing agreements with media rights owners to create gifs based on their content . . . they're not just indexing existing gifs. https://www.wired.com/2016/05/giphy-wants-all-the-gifs/ https://www.wired.com/2016/05/giphy-wants-all-the-gifs/

mrieck 9y ago
They also have deals with twitter/Facebook so if you use a GIPHY URL it's embedded in the post. All other gif hosts get a static image.