Brands led the charge in the hours that followed, posting GIFs on GIFs (on GIFs). Others criticized Twitter for taking too long to roll out support for GIFs, a format that has been around since the 1980s — practically prehistoric by tech standards.
"Thanks for the final concession, Twitter, but the fact that it took you so long to add support for GIFs is a symptom of your larger problem, ReadWrite's Lauren Orsini wrote. (That problem being user growth.) Read more...