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Where are all the videos and gifs?
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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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GIFs work. At least in the comments they do. Videos can be (somewhat) embedded if you use an external host (i.e. catbox).
GIF sample:
I'm a bitter old man who dislikes inline gifs in the comments, is there a way to block it like I did with RES on Reddit?
I'm not aware of an option like that but that sounds like a good feature.
Using wefwef at the moment (Apollo inspired) you can use it on android desktop and iPhone as it is a webapp and they show up as a link for me that I can then click and doesn’t embed it or inline it.
I've waffled on this issue over the last 25 years, but agree that the option to show/block should still exist.
First I was against it.
Then I enjoyed it.
Then I was against it again.
It's not a gif for me, just a still image.
What client are you using? It plays as a GIF on the browser but it might be a still image in a mobile app.
Yeah on Jerboa it looks like a still image. Still some work to go.
I'm using Thunder and it's a gif.
Thunder looks sick! I'll try that out :)
It's a gif for me.
Are you using an app or something that maybe doesn't support it? Or on kbin or something maybe?
It's not a gif for me, just a still image.
It's not a gif for me, just a still image.
I dunno what it is with catbox but nothing from there ever loads for me.
Catbox has a FAQ and lists connectivity issues in certain countries like Australia, Ireland/UK, Iran, Afghanistan or users of Comcast and Quad9.
They block some countries. I'm in Indonesia and I can't open catbox too without using VPN.
It's not a gif for me, just a still image.
It's not a gif for me, just a still image.
When people say "gifs" nowadays they don't mean actual .gif files, .gif files are very outdated and barely used at this point.
Gif has just become the term for short videos without sound
I think actual .GIF files are still used but oftentimes they're just converted to .WEBM's without sound.