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Is there a way to embed a gif into a comment on Lemmy? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I know how to add a picture but I was hoping there was a way to add a gif.

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[โ€“] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

turk from scrubs dancing Attempt one.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    ![turk from scrubs dancing ](https://giphy.com/gifs/L6NEFYDhB7o7S)

    That URL there is not the GIF file itself. That URL points to a web page that displays the file when you visit the page in a web browser. But to embed an image in a Lemmy comment, you need to refrerence the actual image file itself.

    Notice that the end of the URL below actually is .gif. That is a URL to the actual GIF file itself, not a URL to a web page.

    This is the most direct link I could find to that GIF, which just looks big and unwieldy, but does seem to display here alright:

    ![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyeDJlenVhbmVjb2c5dzZ4d2I4eWhodTRtNmMzNHc3aXl2bzByOXdicCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/L6NEFYDhB7o7S/giphy.gif)

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