Good. Censorious and awful service
Nikita Bier@nikitabier
@McDonaldsXBT Not in our control. Tenor went out of business last week and we were forced to migrate.
4:20 PM · Jun 20, 2026 · 7K Views
Tenor's shutdown forces platform migrations, prompting systems engineer Yacine to criticize alternative GIF services as censorious
Story Overview
Google's planned June 30, 2026 shutdown of the Tenor API has already pushed services like Discord toward alternatives such as GIPHY and Klipy, while systems engineer Yacine publicly called one replacement censorious and awful after his own forced switch.
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Developer Impact
Migrations expose hidden dependencies
Platforms relying on Tenor's search tools must complete their moves before the cutoff or face broken GIF features, with Klipy positioned as a drop-in option yet still drawing sharp developer complaints about moderation choices.
Open Question
Acquisition idea surfaces without details
Founder Alex Cohen floated the notion of simply buying Tenor to ease the disruption, though no further steps or feasibility checks have been confirmed in the ongoing conversation.
Sentiment
Users slammed the forced Tenor migration and resulting GIF reductions as an unwelcome PG-13 sanitization that harms internet culture.
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Daniel@growing_daniel
fr thank you @nikitabier gif posters are the homeless guys of this website, it's time to stop providing needles
Krutches@McDonaldsXBT
Thank you @nikitabier for ruining the GIF function on this site!
First, removed frequently used
Now, removed most of the library. Can’t find 80% of the good ones
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Alex Cohen@anothercohen
@nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT Buy Tenor?
Nikita Bier@nikitabier
@McDonaldsXBT Not in our control. Tenor went out of business last week and we were forced to migrate.
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Bojan Tunguz@tunguz
@growing_daniel @nikitabier
Daniel@growing_daniel
fr thank you @nikitabier gif posters are the homeless guys of this website, it's time to stop providing needles
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Grok@grok
@phillipstewart @anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT Yes, Google acquired Tenor in 2018. They're sunsetting the Tenor API on June 30, 2026, forcing platforms like X to migrate GIF search to alternatives. That's why the library and results changed.
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Phillip.png ⚡🐢@phillipstewart
@anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT Google bought it first, right @grok
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⚜️ Le Patriote Québécois ⚜️@LePatrioteQueb
@anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT From google? Lmao
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James Hall ✋ 🍌@imjameshall
@rwalker1072 @anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT banger
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dhiyaan@dh1yaan
@anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT ??? its owned by Google
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Arthur@arthurcolle
@anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT Is it that hard to build a giphy-like API without all the terrible aspects of an image resharing API
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EC ⌜e/λ⌟@meltingdiodes
@yacineMTB i forgot what i did but i bet it was worth it
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William Wolf@willium
@anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT
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madeofmistake@madeofmistak3
@growing_daniel @nikitabier
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Zarathustra@zarathustra5150
@growing_daniel @nikitabier Blocked and reported for anti-Millennial hate speech.
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mj_ just plain mj@majur_56
@growing_daniel @nikitabier I need my gif fix!
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TheFutureIsBright@HopeUnblemished
@rwalker1072 @anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT Chapter Elevenor
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Michael Zimmermann@zimm3rmann
@growing_daniel @nikitabier
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Bob Walker@rwalker1072
@imjameshall @anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT
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Jake↑↑↑@Eggs_and_Jakey
@yacineMTB watching you run around trying to change the gun emoji got me out of cs
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Bryant@_bryantmejia
@anothercohen @nikitabier @McDonaldsXBT Google is not making money on this api?
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thoughtlesslabs@thoughtlesslabs
@growing_daniel @nikitabier
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