Animated GIF support is also being extended to advertisers, who can now use animated images in their ad banners. However, these won’t be supported in sidebar ads, which Facebook is in the ...

“We’re rolling out support for animated GIFs in News Feed. This is so you can share more fun, expressive things with your friends on Facebook,” a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch.

Get ready for Facebook to be a whole lot more animated. The social network has caved and joined the GIF party. That's right, you can finally post an animated GIF in your Facebook status update.

In my quest to find animated GIF answers, I had to know why Facebook wouldn’t support the format; it allows you to share from social GIF-making apps like Cinemagram and Days, but you’re really ...