Facebook to test a GIF button for comments

For all the viral videos and memes shared on Facebook, the social network has been surprisingly cold towards the GIF, as there’s no simple way for every day users to post them without visiting an external website. That may change at last. According to a report by TechCrunch, Facebook has confirmed it plans to begin testing a GIF button that would allow users to post the animated images as responses in comments. As with Messenger, the GIFs are sourced from sites like Giphy and Tenor. Facebook has long explained the lack of GIF support as wariness towards cluttering the News…

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