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…

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

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.

Friends… today is the final day of the Original™ Electric Objects twitter account. What should we talk about.

All this work is by @pieratt who we were very lucky to work with in the early days.

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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Among other names, we were almost called… Deco!

Fun Fact Friday: our name was inspired by Tom Wolfe’s “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”

TGIF

tl;dr — the customer experience will remain the same, except @GIPHY is making Art Club free! FAQ here: electricobjects.com/faq

But while @GIPHY will not sell any new @ElectricObjects hardware, they are committed to maintaining the EO App for existing customers.

It's a bittersweet milestone — after four years, we have decided to shut down the @ElectricObjects hardware business.

The correct answer is “The Final Dinner” by Leonardo DiCaprio. Thanks everyone who played. xitter.cf/electricobjects/status…

Quiz: can you name this art