Slack, the communications platform used by millions of people every day, announced on Monday it’s introducing new ways to pick and send GIFs to others in your organization. This new feature is the latest in a string of improvements Slack has introduced to its users over the past few years.
GIFs have been a popular way to communicate with friends and colleagues for years. According to research published in Sage Journal in 2017, GIFs are useful in communicating a range of emotions or feelings about a given situation. GIFs also make it easy to communicate inside jokes to people in digital spaces.
If you want to show your enthusiasm or disdain over Slack with a GIF, here’s how to do it when the new options roll out to you.
New ways to find GIFs in Slack
1. In Slack, click either the emoji icon — the smiley button — or the plus (+) button near your text box.
2. Click GIFs.
3. Type your search term in the search bar and hit Enter.
