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GIF became popular because it used Lempel–Ziv–Welch data compression. Since this was more efficient than the run-length encoding used by PCX and MacPaint, fairly large images could be downloaded reasonably quickly even with slow modems. The original version of GIF was called 87a. [1] This version already supported multiple images in a stream.
In August 2013, Giphy expanded beyond a search engine to allow users to post, embed and share GIFs on Facebook. [10] [11] [12] Giphy was then recognized as a Top 100 Website of 2013, according to PC Magazine. [13] Three months later, Giphy integrated with Twitter to enable users to share GIFs by simply sharing a GIF's URL. [14]
In 2019, everything was fair game to become a GIF and the top 10 GIFs of the year reflect how people collectively felt this year.
A study on viral videos by Carnegie Mellon University found that the popularity of the uploader affected whether a video would become viral, [39] and having the video shared by a popular source such as a celebrity or a news channel also increases buzz. [37] It is also part of the algorithm YouTube uses to predict popular videos. [35]
ASKfm, a social network based on asking questions, combed through top trending GIFs on its site in February to see which clips people are using to communicate with the most.
Animation became very popular on television since the 1950s, when television sets started to become common in most developed countries. Cartoons were mainly programmed for children, on convenient time slots, and especially US youth spent many hours watching Saturday-morning cartoons. Many classic cartoons found a new life on the small screen ...
GIF art is a form of digital art that first emerged in 1987. The technology for the animated GIF has become increasingly advanced through the years. After 2010, a new generation of artists focused on experimenting with its potential for presenting creativity on the World Wide Web .
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