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Why do some GIFs not work on Facebook?

If you are having trouble posting a GIF to Facebook, try refreshing your browser or app. You can also check if your app is updated to the latest version.

Why can’t I post GIFs on Facebook page?

Since Facebook does not support GIF as a post attachment, the only way to share a GIF on Facebook is to share with an external hosting link. That means you have to host the GIF with an external hosting website, generate a URL, and post the URL on Facebook.

How do you make a GIF appear on Facebook?

Use the GIF button in Facebook’s status box

1. Open the status box in your Facebook profile.
2. Click the GIF icon to search for and select a GIF from the GIF library.
3. Once the GIF is selected, the GIF will attach to your Facebook post.
4. Once you’re finished with your post, click Share.

How can I compress a GIF online?

How to Compress GIF:

1. Choose a GIF image. Upload your GIF image to VEED by clicking on the Choose GIF button.
2. Select your compression options or create a new GIF from videos. Select the compression settings you want for your GIF.
3. Save and download your video.

What does GIF mean on Facebook?

Graphics Interchange Format
Thirty years to the day after CompuServe first introduced the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) to the world, Facebook has announced that its nearly two billion global users can now comment on posts using the little animated images.

Why doesn’t Facebook like GIFs?

The main reason for Facebook’s dislike of GIFs is that it’s essentially a link like every other link, and Facebook really doesn’t like those. Links lead users away from the site’s news feed, comments, and videos, thus negatively impacting Facebook’s traffic and usage statistics.

Why did Facebook add a GIF button to its status updates?

Links lead users away from the site’s news feed, comments, and videos, thus negatively impacting Facebook’s traffic and usage statistics. To make the GIF lovers happy and lower the number of links in the status updates and comments, Facebook came up with the GIF button.

How do you post animated GIFs on Facebook?

Instead of uploading them directly as you would a photo or video, you must instead post a link to the animated GIF from its current location on the web. Facebook, which also lets businesses boost promotional posts with animated GIF files, recommends that the files be less than 8 megabytes in size.

Where can you find links to animated GIFs?

As for finding links to animated GIFs, the web has several archives of the looping files, including those at Giphy.com, Imgflip.com and Imgur.com; the Labs area of the Giphy site also hosts extensions for popular browsers and other tools for using animated GIF files.

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