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I always thought it was because Giphy is integrated into a bunch of mobile keyboards and third party chat services. These services would never integrate a Faceb

I always thought it was because Giphy is integrated into a bunch of mobile keyboards and third party chat services. These services would never integrate a Facebook gif service because of the implication. So giphy's entire valuation lies in being a trojan horse for an established surveillance capitalist.

ljm 5y ago
That's my read on it: Facebook gets giphy, and they reach into all kinds of things they currently can't see. I'm sure the giphy integrations in slack, discord, telegram, etc. would become fresh sources of data depending on what the bot APIs give you in a request. They start learning who you're working with in Slack, and you start seeing them in your friends suggestions. I don't think there's any reason to expect that FB would act in any kind of good faith with this stuff - why else would you buy a gif hosting platform if not for the entrenched integrations and their access?
- jjulius 5y ago
  Completely agree with this take. It's unsettling.