It seems that everyone but Facebook is jumping on the animated GIF bandwagon these days, with YouTube having recently released its own GIF creator to absolutely no fanfare whatsoever. Seriously, you’d ...

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The animated GIF is the Hallmark card of the internet–distributed on a whim to verbalize some emotion, only to be tossed aside after a brief laugh. It’s the most disposable and reproducible of medias, ...