Things You Should Know About Using GIFs on Social Media Conversation

1. Things Things You You Should Should Know Know About About Using Using GIFs GIFs on on Social Social Media Media Conversation Conversation The The GIF GIF stands stands for for ‘Graphics ‘Graphics Interchange Interchange Format' Format' it’s it’s a a short, short, animated animated picture picture without without sound. sound. They They are are typically typically used used as as memes memes to to portray portray an an emotion emotion or or reaction. reaction. Earlier, Earlier, most most GIFs GIFs were were moving moving icons, icons, but but now now they they are are the the perfect perfect format format for for animated animated memes. memes. In In this this article, article, we we will will discuss discuss some some important important things things that that people people should should know know about about using using GIFs GIFs on on social social media. media.

2. When When people people started started to to use use cell cell phones, phones, they they would would laugh laugh out out loud, loud, a and nd with with the the emergence emergence of of texting, texting, they they would would type type ‘hahaha’. ‘hahaha’. When When emojis emojis took took over, over, a a smartphone smartphone user user laughed laughed by by sending sending various various faces, faces, and and while while emojis emojis are are cool, cool, GIFs GIFs are are better. better. Because Because now now when when a a person person laughs, laughs, not not only only can can they they show show that that they they are are laughi laughing, ng, they they can can also also show show exactly exactly how how they they are are laughing. laughing. It It is is great great to to install install an an alternative alternative GIF GIF keyboard keyboard for for Android Android devices devices,, like like Kika, Kika, to to make make your your conversations conversations more more interesting. interesting. Below, Below, I’m I’m going going to to sh share are some some essential essential things things that that you you should should know know about about using using GIFs GIFs on on social social media. media. Why Why You You Should Should Be Be Using Using GIFs? GIFs?

3. There There are are a a lot lot of of reasons reasons for for using using GIFs GIFs and and here here are are some some of of these, these, including: including: Appealing Appealing and and Effective: Effective: People People should should use use GIFs GIFs because because they they are are easy easy to to use use and and hold hold a a higher higher interaction interaction than than images images alone. alone. GIFs GIFs have have the the ability ability to to tell tell a a story story in in a a short short amount amount of of time. time. Exhibit Exhibit Emotion: Emotion: There There are are characters, characters, themes, themes, and and most most importantly, importantly, emotion emotion in in stories. stories. These These are are all all things things available available in in a a GIF GIF format format and and have have the the ability ability to to convey. convey. Due Due to to this, this, using using GIF GIF can can feel feel more more personable personable and and more more human human too. too. They They also also have have the the ability ability to to evoke evoke emotion emotion and and will will help help you you in in creating creating a a memorable memorable association. association. Create Create Bond: Bond: GIFs GIFs help help to to create create the the feeling feeling of of a a bond bond between between the the sender sender and and the the receiver. receiver. Which Which in in turn turn helps helps to to build build a a connection connection between between you you and and your your loved loved ones. ones. Ways Ways to to Use Use GIFs GIFs Using Using GIFs GIFs on on social social media media conversation conversation make make others others feel feel something something and and also also make make them them want want to to act act on on that that feeling. feeling. In In re research, search, it it is is found found that that emotional emotional response, response, especially especially humor humor and and happiness, happiness, influences influences individuals individuals more more than than the the actual actual text. text. Taking Taking emotions emotions into into consideration, consideration, here here are are some some ways ways to to use use GIFs GIFs in in your your social social media media conversation. conversation. Feature Feature Text: Text: GIFs GIFs are are one one of of the the best best ways ways to to put put your your actual actual words words on on display. display. This This short short clip clip helps helps to to keep keep your your friends friends and and family family engaged engaged in in the the conversation. conversation.

4. Tell Tell a a Quick Quick Story: Story: Show Show what what you you feel feel for for your your loved loved ones ones add add value value to to their their life. life. You You can can do do this this by by creating creating a a qu quick ick GIF GIF that that shows shows your your feeling, feeling, emotions, emotions, problems, problems, and and so so much much more. more. Animate Animate Text: Text: Text Text is is one one of of the the best best ways ways to to communicate communicate with with your your family family and and friends friends on on social social media media but but it it can can sometimes sometimes be be boring. boring. Using Using GIFs GIFs rather rather than than text text show show your your loved loved ones ones exactly exactly what what you you want want to to say say and and also also adds adds a a sense sense of of life life to to your your conversation. conversation. What What Does Does It It Mean Mean If If Someone Someone Sending Sending GIFs GIFs While While Chatting Chatting with with You? You? GIFs GIFs are are one one of of the the great great and and fun fun ways ways for for chatting. chatting. It It is is quite quite normal normal and and you you don’t don’t need need to to think think much much abo about ut it it other other than than that that the the person person sending sending them them is is pretty pretty cool. cool. As As the the technology technology is is humanizing humanizing so so is is the the communication. communication. There There are are a a lot lot of of reasons reasons to to send send GIFS GIFS and and here here are are some: some: An An individual individual sends sends you you a a GIF GIF because because it it is is one one of of the the best best ways ways to to communicate communicate sometimes. sometimes. People People could could be be doing doing it it to to add add a a little little fun fun to to the the chat. chat. They They can can do do it it to to avoid avoid answering answering difficult difficult questions. questions. A A person person wants wants to to create create further further conversation conversation with with you you or or is is flirting. flirting. They They don’t don’t have have any any particular particular answer answer or or words words to to say say their their feeling feeling and and express express their their emotions. emotions.

5. They They want want to to do do a a friendship friendship with with you. you. Conclusion: Conclusion: These These are are just just some some things things that that you you should should know know about about using using GIFs GIFs on on social social media. media. You You can can find find the the best best third third- -party party GIF GIF keyboard keyboard for for Android, Android, like like Kika, Kika, to to make make your your conversation conversation more more engaging engaging and and also also make make a a strong strong bond bond between between you you and and your your friends. friends. GET IN TOUCH 75 75 E E Santa Santa Clara Clara Street, Street, suite suite 600, 600, San San Jose, Jose, CA CA 95113 95113 support@kikatech.com support@kikatech.com www.kikatech.com www.kikatech.com