Hey are there no GIF on Lemmy?

LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 83 points –

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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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

Doesn't open inline for me, but I'm also viewing this from kbin.social so there might be embedding issues