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We’re happy to report that the @ElectricObjects App has been acquired by @GIPHY. Read the full announcement here medium.com/the-frontier/a-ne…
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Our apologies to anyone who recently experienced downtime on the Electric Objects app! We've investigated and repaired the issue, and we will continue to support EOs into the future. Sincerely, the @giphyarts team
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Let’s see…
1. Make art
2. Support artists (especially women and people of color)
3. History is a lie written by the victors
What else.
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Friends… today is the final day of the Original™ Electric Objects twitter account. What should we talk about.
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Electric Objects retweeted
EO was a frustratinnnggggg branding project. Spent 3 months trying to rename only to come back around and realize the original was great ¬_¬
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All this work is by @pieratt who we were very lucky to work with in the early days.
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In the end, this quote by Mark Weiser pulled it all together (read more about Mark here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark…)
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tl;dr — the customer experience will remain the same, except @GIPHY is making Art Club free! FAQ here: electricobjects.com/faq
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But while @GIPHY will not sell any new @ElectricObjects hardware, they are committed to maintaining the EO App for existing customers.
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It's a bittersweet milestone — after four years, we have decided to shut down the @ElectricObjects hardware business.
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