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Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by jedimastert on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @09:04AM (#29392180)
> Also what's so special about Giphy? Seems it could be duplicated fairly easily by any serious competitor.

Imgur already exists, and I believe (?) Giphy was created as an answer to it?

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Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by lopis on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:06PM (#29396064)
Giphy started as the place to upload mp4 "gifs" to post on reddit. There was the giphy bot that would convert any .gif to a giphy. But naturally they had to pay the bills, so the grew.
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