Facebook to begin testing GIF button for comments

IANS  |  New York 

giant will begin testing a GIF button that will allow users post GIFs from services like Giphy and Tenor as comments.

"Everyone loves a good GIF and we know that people want to be able to use them in comments. So we are about to start testing the ability to add GIFs to comments and we'll share more when we can, but for now we repeat that this is just a test," techcrunch.com quoted as saying on Saturday.

After the test, the GIF comment button will only be available to a small group of users and will be rolled out to everyone who loves it.

The button will function in the same fashion as in Messenger, allowing users to both browse trending GIFs and search for specific reactions in-line.

In a bid to make Messenger more fun and engaging, may soon add a new reaction "Dislike" for Messenger.

In February, celebrated the first anniversary of "Reactions" and recorded 300 billion "Reactions" on posts and the "Love" reaction was used maximum times by its over 1.79 billion users.

--IANS

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(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Facebook to begin testing GIF button for comments

Social media giant Facebook will begin testing a GIF button that will allow users post GIFs from services like Giphy and Tenor as comments.

giant will begin testing a GIF button that will allow users post GIFs from services like Giphy and Tenor as comments.

"Everyone loves a good GIF and we know that people want to be able to use them in comments. So we are about to start testing the ability to add GIFs to comments and we'll share more when we can, but for now we repeat that this is just a test," techcrunch.com quoted as saying on Saturday.

After the test, the GIF comment button will only be available to a small group of users and will be rolled out to everyone who loves it.

The button will function in the same fashion as in Messenger, allowing users to both browse trending GIFs and search for specific reactions in-line.

In a bid to make Messenger more fun and engaging, may soon add a new reaction "Dislike" for Messenger.

In February, celebrated the first anniversary of "Reactions" and recorded 300 billion "Reactions" on posts and the "Love" reaction was used maximum times by its over 1.79 billion users.

--IANS

anuj/vm

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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