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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

I thought we did it because back in the day gifs were the most convenient way—and often only way— to post a short video clip on multiple websites. Lazy people would screencap them, not knowing/caring that they were limited to 256 colors (which is why we use dithering for gifs).