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Re:Facebook Home by eric-hu on Thursday April 04, 2013 @05:08PM (#5495320)
I would say it is. A hero animation carries much more information than a single image does.
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Re:Facebook Home by bherms on Thursday April 04, 2013 @05:27PM (#5495401)
for anyone else interested in what approach they were using for it:

<video style="display: block;" class="_534g" id="fbhome-cinemagraph" autoplay="1" loop="1"><source src="https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/cfs-ak-ash3/676434/970/1... /><source src="https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/cfs-ak-prn1/676663/942/1... /><img class="_53ol _53ol img" src="https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/cfs-ak-ash3/676513/617/1... alt="" /></video>

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Re:Facebook Home by zevyoura on Friday April 05, 2013 @11:21AM (#5498928)
Interesting; cinemagraph is a reference to a style of .gif animation popularized on tumblr and reddit's /r/cinemagraphs.
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