GIF library Giphy has finally cracked the secret to getting your favorite looping animations on Facebook. August 29, 2013 8:01 AM PDT Facebook has videos, pictures, polls, weird "feelings" comments, long statuses, short statuses, and lots of ads, but until now, it didn't have those flashing reaction animations that really proved your wit. No more. Giphy announced today that it has created a code for embedding GIFs from its site onto Facebook. GIFs on Facebook is big news, folks. Such big news, in fact, that Giphy.com briefly went down after releasing this groundbreaking workaround. You can do it one of two ways: first, by hitting the Facebook button on Giphy itself and uploading directly from there; or second, by copying the URL code for the GIF and pasting it into a status like you would a video or article to share. (Credit: Screenshot by Emily Dreyfuss) It's awesome. But not perfect, in my humble opinion. The GIF doesn't just flash immediately on your timeline: it shows up like a video post, with a play icon that you must push in order for it to go into its GIFfy goodness. But maybe that's a good thing. Al my Mom's friends on Facebook who have never seen a GIF in their lives might have a heart attack if "all the pictures just start moving on their own." Baby steps. Baby steps.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
GIF library Giphy has finally cracked the secret to getting your favorite looping animations on Facebook.
August 29, 2013 8:01 AM PDT
Facebook has videos, pictures, polls, weird "feelings" comments, long statuses, short statuses, and lots of ads, but until now, it didn't have those flashing reaction animations that really proved your wit. No more. Giphy announced today that it has created a code for embedding GIFs from its site onto Facebook.
It's awesome. But not perfect, in my humble opinion. The GIF doesn't just flash immediately on your timeline: it shows up like a video post, with a play icon that you must push in order for it to go into its GIFfy goodness.
But maybe that's a good thing. Al my Mom's friends on Facebook who have never seen a GIF in their lives might have a heart attack if "all the pictures just start moving on their own." Baby steps. Baby steps.
GIFs on Facebook is big news, folks. Such big news, in fact, that Giphy.com briefly went down after releasing this groundbreaking workaround.
You can do it one of two ways: first, by hitting the Facebook button on Giphy itself and uploading directly from there; or second, by copying the URL code for the GIF and pasting it into a status like you would a video or article to share.
(Credit: Screenshot by Emily Dreyfuss)
It's awesome. But not perfect, in my humble opinion. The GIF doesn't just flash immediately on your timeline: it shows up like a video post, with a play icon that you must push in order for it to go into its GIFfy goodness.
But maybe that's a good thing. Al my Mom's friends on Facebook who have never seen a GIF in their lives might have a heart attack if "all the pictures just start moving on their own." Baby steps. Baby steps.
