DO NOT USE GIFS!
GIFs are actually a very bad format! The term "GIF" has become popular for "animated image online", but most of the time, what you're seeing is actually a video!
Here are some TRUE facts about GIFs!
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GIFs are limited to 256 colors, while videos can display millions of colors, resulting in a much higher quality visual experience. This is why lots of GIFs will be visibly lower quality than video!
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GIFs store every frame of animation, while videos use compression algorithms to store the differences between frames, which is much more space efficient! You can use up a lot of disk space/bandwidth if you rely too heavily on GIFs!
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Look at this sicko shit!
GIFs are not to be trusted! Remain ever vigilant! Use <video> instead!