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Facebook Acquires GIF-Sharing and Creation Platform GIPHY for $400M
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Giphy is an extension in Slack, the communication tool that most businesses use. I sure hope Slack kills this with fire, having FB snoop into your business convos would just be a matter of time.
They seem to be very lazy. Why make it when you can buy it, and kill off most of it.
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If you got the money they contribute, you'd think they were best buds too...
Haha, I totally deleted the app without thinking about deleting my actual account. I didn't use it much but just logged in on the web to their site and deleted my account. Thanks for the reminder
Unfortunately, the Facebook company is not going anywhere. They continually buy any company that poses a risk to their dominance. The Facebook website is not popular with younger generations, they say Facebook is for old people, but Instagram has taken over that lost market share.
These acquisitions will only strengthen their dominance.
The title should include "Public Service Announcement".
Right?
Gaddamnit FB .... another way to spy and collect data ... now their after emotional expression to map behaviour??
Arrrrg.!
Seems like an odd acquisition so I wonder what the real ulterior motive is.
I didn't know they offered accounts. *shrug*
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And remember: Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!
What an odd acquisition. Giphy's entire business model is dependent upon not being sued for violating copywrite law. I mean, gif's aren't transformative and they probably don't fall under fair use. I assumed the reason most people didn't pursue it was because it wasn't financially beneficial to be the first to push it through court. But with Facebook money behind it however...
Deleting it now. F facebook and all the social media turds.
Giphy is in Microsoft Teams… and pretty much every messaging app. Yet another tracking tool for FB. Damn.
Mark Zuckerberg: We have an opportunity to save lives through COVID-19 response.
Adam Mosseri: Nah, dog. We need more GIF's
Adam Mosseri: Nah, dog. We need more GIF's
Why do people hate so much Facebook?
I've never liked social network, and try to use them the least I can. But honestly, I just don't see how Facebook is so evil.
Yes, they use personal data to target ads. So what? They do offer a free service that a lot of people enjoy.
I've never liked social network, and try to use them the least I can. But honestly, I just don't see how Facebook is so evil.
Yes, they use personal data to target ads. So what? They do offer a free service that a lot of people enjoy.
The value is in all the tracking data they can get from all the sites that their GIFs are already embedded on.
Maybe you should read upon all the data breaches, privacy scandals, fake news distributing...and interfering with *********...amongst lots of other issues.
*PSRI
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To have a free service for the end user, you need to get money from somewhere.
Just like open TV.
People in here dooming and glooming Facebook’s demise need to accept the reality it’s pretty much here to stay. This is not the dot com era of frivolous companies or companies with no strategic vision behind it. Facebook, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon. They are all behemoths that are here to stay whether we like it or not. Even IBM is still around.