![]() Why? Compression, compression, compression. While the GIF/MP4 difference may seem trivial, it’s actually a pretty damned smart move on Twitter’s part. Even if you upload a GIF, it’s converted into an MP4. ![]() They’re MP4s, embedded with the HTML5 video tag. They’re technically not even really image files in a strict sense - they’re more like video files without sound. Quite the contrary.Īs noticed by the folks over at Embedly, the “GIFs” that end up in your Twitter feed aren’t actually GIFs at all. ![]() But there’s a catch! What Twitter ends up showing you isn’t actually a GIF at all. Just yesterday, Twitter started supporting animated GIFs. What’s in a format? Does that which we call a GIF by any other name invoke just as many lols?
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