Why Are the Platforms Picking Klipy?

• So the reason every service like Discord is switching to Klipy is, really, that the founders are Tenor people. I don't mean that sounds trustworthy (we clearly cannot trust Tenor, or any Google service, ever again). I mean that they're using the same general ideas and technologies. So it's easy to switch, and anyway it's the same search results for images.

Why is Klipy getting away with copying Tenor?

• Because, as I said, these are Google/Tenor people at Klipy. I think the reason they didn't get flagged by Tenor for mass-downloading their catalog...including our images...is that this is understood between them. Google WANTS Klipy to take over as an independent outsider, like an employer laying off an employee and then hiring him as an independent contractor.

Why should we use Klipy as GIF makers?

Because:

1. Klipy's getting better
   • It used to be pretty bad, now it's slightly better than Tenor (which always had a garbage interface and metrics), and they're definitely listening to user complaints about what is still lacking. I have named some improvements they needed, and they've added several of those.
2. We can claim our images there
   • Them having my GIFs without crediting me pissed me off at first, but they have a form where we can CLAIM all of our GIFs again. I have the same huge list on there now as I do here, and they are getting more views than they did on Tenor, faster. Well, other than a few I have on Tenor that are around a million. No million-counts on Klipy for me, so far. But I have more in the hundreds of thousands on Klipy than I did on Tenor.
3. Klipy didn't steal them, Tenor wanted it
   • I do think the reason they were allowed to scrape all of our GIFs is that they're the stealthily Google-anointed replacement that Tenor INTENDED to allow to copy its images, EULA or no. Google had promised to support API users, and this is, for better or worse, the enshittified way they're doing that.
4. We have no alternative, really
   • I make graphics for people to use. Klipy is now the only real place for that to happen at scale. I mean, GIPHY is a farce. And what else is there?
5. Revenue-Sharing
   • Given that we've all been posting images without getting paid — like guys who went viral on YouTube 20 years ago and got nothing for it — that Klipy claims to want to work out a way to share revenue with us as "creatives" is a bonus, if it happens.

The Myth of Nights Under 50 Stunting Plants

Based on the responses to one of the posts here, some people think that if the temperatures get down below 50°F, your tomatoes will be harmed long-term.

That is incorrect.

It's Actually Soil Under 60

What actually can make your plants perform poorly for the rest of the year is if the soil is soil temperature below 60°, mainly if it happens while the seedling is still establishing itself from transplanting.

See, right after the transplant, its roots should grow rapidly, much more than they will after the plant is established. And cold soil makes tomato plants "sulk", with root development inactive, and the upper plant suffering from the lack of nutrient transport, so it sags and may get a bit purplish.

What your tomato plant will need later, to grow big and produce more fruit, is a well-established root system. Which needs to happen early on...but cold soil prevents it. The roots don't grow enough early on, and then NEVER catch up, and you get a stunted plant or slow fruit production.

Cold Air Is a Minor Inconvenience

Cold air, on the other hand, only has a short-term effect, which is relatively harmless. Air below 50°F at night keeps the plant from completing in its normal nighttime starch breakdown and sugar transport, and some enzymatic activity. It's still busy doing those things the next day when the sun is up, which slows its photosynthetic activity...for about one day.

As soon as the nights warm up, the plant is fine. It goes about growing at a normal rate. There is no stunting.

The Illusion of Cold Night Stunting

The problem is that people who plant too early don't notice how cold the soil is. They just notice the cold night air.

So when the plants are stunted later, or don't produce much fruit, they blame "it was under fifty degrees" instead of "I simply planted while the soil was too cold".

But if the soil is warm enough, the cold nights won't stunt the plants at all, just delay their development by a day or so.

So, really, what you need to do is measure the soil temp (stick soil thermometers can be under ten bucks), which is MUCH more under your control than random cold snaps.