I don’t know what a .webp file is but I don’t like it. They’re like a filthy prank version of the image/gif you’re looking for. They make you jump through all these hoops to find the original versions of the files that you can actually do anything with.

Edit: honestly I assumed it had something to do with Google protecting themselves from image piracy shit

  • ram@lemmy.world
    32·
    1 year ago

    Yes, but if you tried to share that mp4 on other platforms it would be treated as a video, and that’s why gifs are still relevant.

    • lapingvino@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      funny enough, not true. try saving a video as mp4 but not too long and without sound (!) and it will be treated exactly like gifs on those platforms.

      • ram@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I tried it on these platforms:

        • Twitter: it works
        • Mastodon: it works
        • tumblr: it works
        • Reddit: it doesn’t loop, video must be at least 2 seconds in length, not allowed in comments
        • Discord: not autoplay, no loop
        • Lemmy: no video hosting
        • lapingvino@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          sometimes afaik you could still have success renaming the file to .gif or .gifv I think? Telegram and Whatsapp should also work afaik.