[jedimastert]

> 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?

[lopis]

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.