Weekly #8

As an avid GIF-icionado, I used GIPHY as a source for my IFTTT recipe. The recipe scraps new trending gif images and sends them to me via text. After running the recipe for one full day, I felt less interested in GIPHY as the saturation of content was too much for me to process. In some ways, I think having this accessibility to something that normal requires my input made me less incline to consume the scraped gif images. In contrast, I also enjoyed some of the gifs from the recipe that were different from what I would normally use. Overall, I think the service was useful in terms of making content more accessible that accommodates people's busy lifestyle. However, as someone who is conscious of digital media consumption, the app perpetuates a dependence on digital media that feels problematic to me.