I’ve been using animated GIFs to express myself in messages ever since they became popular on messaging apps and social platforms. For years, I could always find the perfect GIF to match whatever I wanted to say or show. But lately, when I search for GIFs on Giphy, I’m having a really hard time finding anything good. I’ll try different search terms and keywords, but nothing comes up that fits what I’m looking for. It feels like there are way fewer options than there used to be. Did they remove a bunch of content from their platform or change how their search works? Anyone else notice this problem?
Yeah, I’ve noticed this too - super frustrating. Giphy’s search algorithm definitely changed and it sucks now.
I ended up building my own GIF discovery system instead of dealing with their broken search. I automated pulling GIFs from multiple platforms, tag them with my own keywords, and store the good ones in organized collections.
When I need a specific reaction, I just search my curated library instead of fighting Giphy’s terrible results. I even set it to auto-save GIFs I find while browsing so I don’t lose perfect reaction GIFs anymore.
This automation saves me tons of time and I find better GIFs than manually searching ever did. You can build something similar pretty easily.