About

Drag and Drop Reaction GIFs are animated images featuring mouse cursors on computer desktops performing a variety of drag and drop gestures.

Origin

On June 7th, 2014, Imgur^[1] user balcsida uploaded an animated GIF of a file titled "This image" being dragged into a folder titled "Fapping material" (shown below). In the first 15 months, the GIF gained over 1.5 million views and 700 points.

Spread

On July 20th, 2015, Imgur^[5] user metalfacedoom uploaded a GIF of an elderly man dragging his "My Computer" desktop icon into his desktop trashcan (shown below).

On September 17th, Imgur^[2] user YeahBoio uploaded a gallery containing several different drag and drop GIFs, featuring various files dragged into folders or clicked with reactions to Imgur posts and comments (shown below). In the first week, the gallery gathered upwards of 430,000 views and 15,000 points.

In the comments section of the post, Imgur user undercovergiraffe^[4] replied with a GIF of a file named "OP's MOM" being dragged into a folder and receiving the error message "The file you are trying to use is too large" (shown below, left). The following day, Imgur^[3] user IPoopWithTheDoorHalfOpen uploaded a GIF of a file titled "The Joke" being dragged around a folder named "You" (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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