Giphy Claims To Bring Animated GIF Files To Facebook; Not Quite True

Animated GIF files are not supported by Facebook, but users can now add embedded files that share some of the functionality of animated GIFs to their Timelines, thanks to animated GIF search engine Giphy.

Animated GIF files are not supported by Facebook, but users can now add embedded files that share some of the functionality of animated GIFs to their Timelines, thanks to animated GIF search engine Giphy.

Giphy announced in a post on its blog that users who share animated GIF files via its site can embed them to their Timelines with full functionality, and the company even created a reaction page for the news.

However, the files are actually converted GIF files that run within Flash wrappers.

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