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Gfycat is shutting down September 1st (gfycat.com)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

An internet/social media recession, we're truly living in the 21st century.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, either. Sometimes a recession is a necessary reset, and maybe it's time for social media to have one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is really fascinating. As usual, the people at the lower end of the economic scale get screwed while the fat cats are mildly inconvenienced. Hopefully we can prop each other up with federation.