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To mark the 30th anniversary of the GIF, Facebook has introduced a new feature enabling users to add GIFs to comments. The eagerly awaited feature can be accessed using the GIF button located beside the emoji picker. Users can choose from the available GIFs sourced from Facebook's GIF partners, but cannot upload other GIFs.
GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black-and-white XBM. [5] In September 1995 Netscape Navigator 2.0 added the ability for animated GIFs to loop. While GIF was developed by CompuServe, it used the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) lossless data compression algorithm patented by Unisys in 1985.
In August 2013, Giphy expanded beyond a search engine to allow users to post, embed and share GIFs on Facebook. [10] [11] [12] Giphy was then recognized as a Top 100 Website of 2013, according to PC Magazine. [13] Three months later, Giphy integrated with Twitter to enable users to share GIFs by simply sharing a GIF's URL. [14]
Facebook just launched a slew of new profile features, including the ability to make your profile picture a GIF or set temporary profile pictures that will change after a specified amount of time.
Facebook allows people to subscribe to non-friends and to set the extent to which they receive updates from their existing friends and people they are subscribing to. [349] 2011: September 15: Product: Facebook partners with Heroku for Facebook application development using the Facebook Platform. [350] 2011: September 22: Product
Facebook faces a particularly odd challenge. Today, 3 billion people check it each month. That’s more than a third of the world’s population.
Blinking white guy – An animated GIF of former Giant Bomb video producer Drew Scanlon blinking in surprise, originating from a 2013 video on the website, became an internet meme in 2017. [290] Multiple outlets have noted the versatility of the GIF's use as a reaction. [291] [292]
This widespread adoption of GIFs has cemented them as a fundamental instrument for online humor and communication. Users frequently use GIFS as responses, replacing textual communication with easily understood visual reactions, underscoring the modern preference for concise and immediate communication in online interactions. [12]