A Brief History of the GIF, From Early Internet Innovation to Ubiquitous Relic
What do Barack Obama, the sloth from Zootopia, and a bear waving its paw have in common? All were named " most popular in 2016" for that most zeitgeist-y of Internet memes: animated GIFs. Since their creation 30 years ago, the looping clips have followed a rocky path to stardom, going from ubiquitous to repudiated and back again.
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