Hey Everyone - you might have noticed a few changes to RedGIFs over the last week or so! Thanks for all the constructive feedback so far - we've been working hard to resolve a few teething issues we had initially as well as working to implement some of the great suggestions from our community.

Images

RedGIFs now supports Image Uploads

Single images as well as Galleries can now be uploaded to RedGIFs. Galleries can be up to 15 images.

Images Embeddable on Reddit

Both single images and images from Galleries can be posted with seamless embedding to Reddit. Please use the Reddit Share button. Unlike GIFs, the page URL can not be used to embed images, the necessary link is available through the Reddit share button.

Dedicated Images section

Available through the drop down menu (mobile) and the header menu (Desktop), images can be accessed and enjoyed easily with filtering and sorting options that allow you to find exactly what you're looking for.

User Experience

Updated UI

Out with the old, in with the new! An updated interface site-wide, with much more emphasis on intuitive usability and mobile experience.

Sort content by ‘top’ (and define time periods)

Sort content (even in search results!) by the ‘top’ content (based on views and interaction) in a weekly, monthly and ‘all time’ designations. 

Filter content by ‘following’

Following users on RedGIFs now makes a lot more sense! You can now easily keep track of all new content from accounts you follow, either via the home page ‘feed’, or by using the ‘following’ filter on all browse pages.

Filtering by content ‘type’

With the addition of images, RedGIFs now has two main media types. Easily filter results to be ‘GIFs’, ‘Images’ or ‘All’. 

Upgraded ‘Manage’ section (with ability to filter, search, sort and more!)

Take more control over your RedGIFs content. The manage section now allows you to filter your content, search via tags, sort by various parameters, as well as offering a much easier and refined experience than previously, on both mobile and desktop.

Refine user profiles by tags 

Each user profile now contains a ‘tag cloud’ of their content. Use these tags to refine the content you see on each profile, making it easier to find exactly what you’re into. 

Smarter browsing 

Want to watch all GIFs with sound by default? Simply unmute the video you’re viewing, and we’ll remember your choice and apply it to all future videos. Want to browse through your full collection, or someone’s full profile, without having to keep navigating back? Now you can!

Discovery

Search for creators

Yuhu! You can now search for your favourite creators, directly on RedGIFs. Begin typing their username in the search bar to go to their profile.

Dedicated creator section (with filtering/sorting)

You heard it! Within the new, dedicated ‘Creators’ section, you can now easily filter creators, and sort them by views, followers, trending and more. When in this section, you can also use the search bar, to refine creators by specific tags. 

'See more like this'

Under each piece of content, you’ll find a ‘see more like this’ button. If you particularly like a GIF you see in the feed, click this button and we’ll show you more just like it!

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Since the updates we have experienced a few issues. These are summarised below:

Saved GIFs/Collections

We had some issues switching over Collections and in particular Users’ Saved GIFs folders. We believe we have resolved these problems now and Users can access their previously saved GIFs in their Collections section.

View counters

We’re currently working on the best solution for our view counters in order to get them as close to real time as possible. This has meant some delays in displaying numbers and some numbers moving up and down. We believe all profiles now display the correct total numbers however and we’re continuing to work towards the best solution.

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Big thank you to all our users who have given us feedback on the updates. We have a lot more we want to do with the site and a lot more improvements to make. As always, these will be announced here in the subreddit.

Bye for now 👋