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    The End of a Millennial Internet Era

    Kaitlyn Tiffany on how Slack and Giphy hastened the decline of a treasured mode of online expression, the GIF
    by Kate Lindsay Oct 18, 2022 5 minutes
    Source: iStock / Getty

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    Millennials are seeing their version of the internet slip away and even be dismissed as “cringe.” Kaitlyn Tiffany and I discuss the GIF, the Millennial pause, and how Gen Z has changed the way we communicate online.

    But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.

    Smug and Silly?

    Kate Lindsay: Your recent article, “The GIF Is on Its Deathbed,” really resonated online. What are GIFs, and what is their significance to the internet?

    The GIF was one of the earliest file formats of the internet (it’s an

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