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As a programmer with some 20 years of experience who likes to write tutorials on original research and techniques — you can pry my animated gifs out of my cold
by Swizec 6y ago
As a programmer with some 20 years of experience who likes to write tutorials on original research and techniques — you can pry my animated gifs out of my cold dead fingers! All my life I waited for broadband to be widespread enough to write articles with rich embedded animations.
And yes, sometimes they only serve the purpose of entertainment or emotional tone setting. Other times they’re actual part of the content.
Gifs are great
Edit: you downvote and yet I often get comments appreaciating how the gifs make my 2000 word emails feel like a quick short read.
- azeirah 6y agoGo you! I love high quality written content with a lighter tone. I find it incredibly difficult to focus on dry tests because of my ADHD.
- tpmx 6y ago> Edit: you downvote and yet I often get comments appreaciating how the gifs make my 2000 word emails feel like a quick short read. I sampled your work. It's exactly what we're talking about. I'm sure this works for you, financially and SEO-wise.. but.. maybe use 500 words and no gifs instead?
- Swizec 6y agoI often do. My point is that this stuff doesn’t have to be boring and dry. It’s okay for content to reflect having fun when you’re having fun. Even my college professors used jokes in their lectures.
- tpmx 6y agoIt's not the jokes I'm against - it's that monetizable/SEO-style writing, where everything is repeated twice or thrice, and there's loads of filler text. Actually, let me change my mind on the GIFs. Keep the best ones.
- Nasrudith 6y agoAnimated gifs and even infamous features like the "blink" tag are just tools. They need to be used properly.