A designer for X (formerly Twitter) polled users about adding animated GIFs for profile pics. gif profile pics (they’d be optional obvs) — Andrea Conway (@ehikian) November 1, 2023There's one particular part of the minority who feels especially passionate about this: the tiny handful of people who still have animated GIF avatars. Eventually, in 2013, then- CEO Dick Costolo , who found the GIF avatars annoying, closed the loophole. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver the years, the number of those who held onto animated GIF avatars dwindled. I also find myself in a unique position to know that many people want animated GIF avatars.

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