It was sort of merriment when Facebookstarted grant users to upload alive gifsa few month ago , but now select advertizer get to try out with the formatting . This could get horrible .
TechCrunch reports that Facebook is testing animated GIF advertising with a couplet of brand name . For now , it ’s just Wendy ’s and Kuat , a Coca Cola potable from Brazil with an inauspicious name . The Kuat ad is fittingly internetty : a Nyan Cat cruise through some 8 - act scene with a Guarana - infused soda can for a body . The Wendy ’s advert is an empty salad bowl that becomes a full salad bowl . TechCrunch cover that these ads are only showing up in citizenry ’s News Feeds as advance posts .
While apparently unoffending , you may conceive of what would happen if all advertisers started throwing GIFs in your typeface . ( Just think about how much you already hate autoplay telecasting ads , though it ’s undeniably well when there ’s no sound . ) irrespective , so many GIFs , so little care brace .
[ TechCrunch ]
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