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08-10-2016, 12:00 PM
The rise and fall and rise of the GIF
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GIFs are the Esperanto of our Internet culture, a semi-**nsensical, visual language that acts as a stand-in for everything from random thoughts and reactions to intricate art and instructions. They’re a fungible meme engine (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) — a medium that is as celebrated today as it was pilloried a decade ago. GIFs live on our websites, blogs, emails, Slacks and messages. Today, they're as ubiquitous as air and as inescapable as a Donald Trump soundbite.
Like a Hallmark sentiment, when people care e**ugh to send a message, they care e**ugh to send the very best or most appropriate GIF (pro**unced “jif,” (http://mashable.com/2013/05/21/jif-**t-gifs-pronunciation-steve-wilhite/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) according to the creator — a point still hotly debated in digital ******s). Creation is **t a concern, instead culling through the thousands of GIFs available on sites like Gfycat (http://gfycat.com/), Giphy (http://giphy.com/), Imgur (http://imgur.com/), Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/) and Tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/) to find the perfect reaction, meme and visual joke is the challenge. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/history-of-the-gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gif (http://mashable.com/category/gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gifs (http://mashable.com/category/gifs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/trJSoNMXs0I
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GIFs are the Esperanto of our Internet culture, a semi-**nsensical, visual language that acts as a stand-in for everything from random thoughts and reactions to intricate art and instructions. They’re a fungible meme engine (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) — a medium that is as celebrated today as it was pilloried a decade ago. GIFs live on our websites, blogs, emails, Slacks and messages. Today, they're as ubiquitous as air and as inescapable as a Donald Trump soundbite.
Like a Hallmark sentiment, when people care e**ugh to send a message, they care e**ugh to send the very best or most appropriate GIF (pro**unced “jif,” (http://mashable.com/2013/05/21/jif-**t-gifs-pronunciation-steve-wilhite/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) according to the creator — a point still hotly debated in digital ******s). Creation is **t a concern, instead culling through the thousands of GIFs available on sites like Gfycat (http://gfycat.com/), Giphy (http://giphy.com/), Imgur (http://imgur.com/), Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/) and Tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/) to find the perfect reaction, meme and visual joke is the challenge. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/history-of-the-gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gif (http://mashable.com/category/gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Gifs (http://mashable.com/category/gifs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/trJSoNMXs0I