- Mastodon shows an image as GIF
- look inside (download the file)
- MP4
why
@vaporeon_@glaceon.social because gifs are actually gigantic and get kinda expensive to store i think
@tjhexf Why not be honest about it and say that it's an MP4, then?
@tjhexf Now that I think about it, I'm suspecting they treat GIF as a synonym for "looping animation" (even if it actually gets stored in a video format) and videos as "this plays once"...
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@vaporeon_ @tjhexf no, masto uses “gif” fur “there is no audio associated with this video”. it loops in either case
