In a recent Update to its
features Twitter gave its users a surprise with the introduction of GIFs on on 18th
June’14. Twitter announced that GIFs - a moving image or animated images will now
be shared and viewed on Twitter's version of iPhone, Android and web.
It is to be noted that Google has
been the first to start with GIF Images on its Social platform – Google+,
whereas Pinterst was the second one to introduce Gif Support in January 2014. There are speculations that even Facebook plans
to roll out GIF support by August 2014.
Talking about Twitter which as of
now doesn’t allow sharing a Video unless it has been shared on Vine, GIF inclusion
will fill this gap as it is the first Video-type content that can be shared
directly on twitter for regular users.
Why GIF is extremely important
GIF also known as Animated Images is used to
tell stories, news or express emotions, and they have been there since 25 years
with invent of internet. Initially they were in the form Clipart. The year 2013
saw an increase in the use of GIFs, specially on Google+. This has made other
Social Media platforms to roll out their support to GIF. The popularity of the
same is expected to go even higher as animated images drive more traffic than
any regular images in jpeg / png formats.
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