This means that Reddit will also have to oversee the service for illegal or offensive material. The Imgur Video to GIF conversion page makes creating a high-quality GIF really easy. It is not yet clear how the new feature will influence Reddit’s content policy, but TechCrunch has speculated that the same rules will apply to images hosted with the native tool. “For a long time, other image hosting services have been an integral part of how content is shared on Reddit - we’re grateful to those teams, but are looking forward to bringing you a more seamless experience with this new feature,” a member of Reddit’s product team said. Imgur is getting a new way to waste your time. Scroll through videos up to 30 seconds long. The first iteration of the feature will support only single image and GIF uploads and it will look like this.ĭespite the new tool, the website will continue to allow users to share images hosted on third-party uploading services. Imgurs wonderful world of GIFs now includes full-length video. In contrast to pics uploaded to Imgur, when opening Reddit-hosted images from any listing – like a front page, a user page or a subreddit – users will be directed straight to the conversation and comments about that image.įor now, Reddit is rolling out the new tool only to a small number – 16 in total – of selected communities, but there are plans to expand the service to 50 other subreddits starting from next week.Īt present, you can test Reddit’s native image uploading service in one of these communities: GetMotivated, EarthPorn, Gaming, Space, OldSchoolCool, Sports, Art, Aww, Dataisbeautiful, Food, Funny, Gifs, mildlyinteresting, movies, photoshopbattles or pics.