Blingee

Blingee (founded 2006) was an online animated GIF creator that allows users to create layered images using original photographs and artwork combined with user-generated ornamentation, referred to as "stamps."

The site, however, was different from other web-based GIF editors, allowing users to make their own profiles and other social network-like functionality.

[1][2] However, a massive fan outcry ensued, leading to the site securing the funding to continue operations, which it announced August 19, 2015.

[citation needed] Several prominent practitioners of internet art use Blingee as part of their practice or as an object of study, including Olia Lialina,[5] Lorna Mills,[6] and Mike Tyka.

's single "XXXO" is meant to be a visual reference to Blingee, and the music video for the song features several headshots of the rapper pictured among glittering floral graphics like those common on the site.