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.
Persons:
—, Andrea Conway, — Andrea Conway, Dick Costolo, I've, I'm, Andrea, David Hasslelhoff, Elon, Fidelity, @weedhitter
Organizations:
Twitter, Service, X Premium
Locations:
@ehikian, irrelevance