Hey are there no GIF on Lemmy?

Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 83 points – 12 months ago

I’ve seen only few GIFs on Lemmy. Most of them are just links but I’ve see a handful that were actually animated within the apps (I forget which app it was maybe Memmy). Is there a reason for the lack of GiFs?

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An Owl that turns to the camera with a surprised face with the caption 'oh really?'

For those that don't know, you can use gifs with the url/link Markdown format like this: ![](https://media.tenor.com/uC2qyrJsT6wAAAAM/oh-really-o-rly.gif)

Edit: added a description

Make sure to include a description of it in the square brackets for our visually-impaired friends!

Make sure to include a description of it in the square brackets for our visually-impaired friends!

I'm going to try to keep this more in mind in the future. I've edited my comments here to include a description.

I'm going to test a thing, apologies if it doesn't work for some users...

Edit: It's supposed to be a pug licking the screen clean. MP4 format though, no audio. Works on most Discord communities.

Edit 2: I added a description for blind users. People in comments are saying it shows up in the web browser, but not yet in the mobile apps.

A pug breed dog with a white background licking the glass screen clean

I'm probably an idiot for clicking a random tinyurl link someone posted, but it didn't work for me in either the image preview or opening the link (on an Android phone)

Interesting. I found myself having difficulty retrieving the full link myself, but I guarantee it's an innocent silly link.

Lemme try again with the full link...

A pug breed dog with a white background licking the glass screen clean