[pcrh]

Interesting use of the gif there. I wonder if there will be a migration of these gifs from meme-based humor sites to more "legitimate" blogs and news sites. They are, after all, the visual equivalent to using quotes by famous people.

[wmhartnett]

No one has ever accused me of being legitimate. There was an animated GIF on The New York Times homepage just the other day, though.

[wmhartnett]

Then there is Hyperwocky, of course: http://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/hyperwocky/indexhy...

[alexismadrigal]

Sheeeit. We've had animated gifs on TheAtlantic.com HOMEPAGE since like 2011.

[pcrh]

Well... ain't that a thing!

But, seriously, someone is going to write a thesis on gifs one day. It is "literally" an innovation in communications. While we currently associate gifs with memes, etc, you can see quite a few very creative ones on ffffound.com, for example. And,as you say, TheAtlantic now uses them.