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After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted (gfycat.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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From their website: The Gfycat service is being discontinued. Please save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https://www.gfycat.com and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com.

This has been a strange year.

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[โ€“] 124 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)

Or it could be a really fucking great year. It could mark the end of commercialised social media and the beginnings of truly widespread adoption of free and open alternatives.

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  • [โ€“] 53 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    While this year has been painful for the data preservationist part of me, I also couldn't be more excited for the rise of the small web and open platforms.

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  • [โ€“] 19 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Yeah all that information disappearing is a huge disappointment.

    But realistically while Reddit Inc own that data it was always going to happen eventually. If it wasn't the demand from LLMs pushing them to lock it away so they can monetise it, it'd have been a move like Twitter blocking non logged in users, or just them purging old data to save money or something.

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