Two Historic Days on Facebook - 2010

On May 13, 2010 and May 14, 2010 Facebook experienced a bug in their backend image compression/conversion which allowed animated GIF images under a certain pixel ratio and byte size to be freely uploaded as a user's profile picture - bypassing compression and conversion. I am interested in these images as they represent a finite point of defiance against Facebook's "no animated GIF" policy.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127357073945996&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127359653945738&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127360013945702&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378213&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127367873944916&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378222&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127370037278033&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378235&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127369570611413&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378227&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127450250603345&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378469&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127451817269855&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378479&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127454353936268&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378500&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127455447269492&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378501&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127465713935132&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378559&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127475427267494&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378570&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127476910600679&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378572&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127518953929808&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378721&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127524587262578&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378745&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=127524957262541&set=a.127356883946015.24630.127340557280981&pid=378746&id=127340557280981
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=125967610749749&set=a.159186777427832.39936.125893740757136
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126532014029000&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126681694014032&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089&pid=325406&id=126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126689237346611&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089&pid=325425&id=126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126682640680604&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089&pid=325409&id=126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126680424014159&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089&pid=325390&id=126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126638887351646&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089&pid=325167&id=126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126635844018617&set=a.161272693888265.40730.126531124029089&pid=325157&id=126531124029089
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=126072867404990&set=a.114188898593387.18590.111511528861124
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389606877922&set=a.424999362922.224742.219424132922
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389579257922&set=a.424999362922.224742.219424132922
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389546307922&set=a.424999362922.224742.219424132922
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389447786885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389447486885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491709&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389448051885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491713&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389448181885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491714&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389448471885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491720&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389449331885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491723&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389448871885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491722&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=389449726885&set=a.187131506885.134802.185705006885&pid=4491728&id=185705006885
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150191926255055&set=a.10150191663845055.430494.197765520054
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150192492830055&set=a.10150191663845055.430494.197765520054
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150192492165055&set=a.10150191663845055.430494.197765520054&pid=12379303&id=197765520054
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150192492675055&set=a.10150191663845055.430494.197765520054&pid=12379342&id=197765520054
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398738009236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398736784236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236&pid=3932723&id=252876759236
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398714359236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236&pid=3932284&id=252876759236
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398699314236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236&pid=3932139&id=252876759236
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398570519236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236&pid=3930448&id=252876759236
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398515064236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236&pid=3929228&id=252876759236
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398503874236&set=a.442320074236.239970.252876759236&pid=3929110&id=252876759236

The following image and link is via a friend of mine's album.. it was uploaded on May 8, 2006.. it might suggest that there was an earlier time when Facebook didn't convert images under a certain size.. who knows..

So what does this all mean? Why May 13th and May 14th? What significance do these dates hold? On May 13, 1846 The United States declared war on Mexico. If MySpace represents Mexico and The United States represents Facebook one could view this symbolism as a vindictive proletariat revolt against Facebook's bourgeoisie imperialist stance against animated GIFs. On May 14th, 1948 Israel declared its independence. Is it a coincidence that Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is Jewish? We may never know...

-Ryder Ripps, 2010