Comment by Gigachad
20 hours ago
Gif certainly does mean no sound. Look at discord, telegram or literally any app that says “gif” and it’s no sound video.
20 hours ago
Gif certainly does mean no sound. Look at discord, telegram or literally any app that says “gif” and it’s no sound video.
Those are messaging/communication apps,sound in those apps can be quite disruptive so that doesn't surprise me at all. It has nothing to do with the original gif, it is just that gif is now synonymous with short clip (with or without sound) and sound in that context is disruptive.
Go to google.com, search for images and select image type gif and you will get mp4s with sound.
Telegram's usage of "GIF" (any short video without sound) is incredibly weird and frequently goes against users' expectations. I wouldn't treat that as definitive.