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> Giphy has plenty of competition and gifs seem to he waining in popularity anyway. Am I in a bubble? I post and receive like 20+ gifs per day with my IRL frie
by yamtaddle 3y ago
> Giphy has plenty of competition and gifs seem to he waining in popularity anyway.
Am I in a bubble? I post and receive like 20+ gifs per day with my IRL friends and family. The rate has shown no signs of declining.
[EDIT] And what's replacing them?
- onychomys 3y agoYou're not in a bubble, you're just old. The youths think gifs are corny and uncool.
- yamtaddle 3y agoWhat are they into, tiktoks/instagrams (I'm still annoyed that I can't know if an instagram link is going to be an image, or a video, these days—it's for photos, damnit!) with captions? That's just gifs with worse UI.
- astrange 3y agoMemes with JPEG artifacts. Sending gifs from TV shows hasn't been popular since 2012 maybe. On Twitter it means you're attracting a horde of middle aged moms.
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoTIL that I, a member of the youth, am attracting middle aged moms. In all seriousness, I completely disagree with your stance. My friends and I send gifs to each other almost daily.
- hackernewds 3y agohow do you do, fellow kid? ;)
- hackernewds 3y agoStickers is the new thing now. The world outside of old people in America have moved their discourse to private chats such as WeChat and WhatsApp and Snapchat