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usonian

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2. DU shows a picture only if you provide a link to it, so:

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:06 PM

Jan 12

If you browse the web and see a pic/gif, copy its link from the address bar and paste it in your post. This works on mobile as well as desktop. HOWEVER

Some links do not render (show) with the DU code. So in that case, I copy the gif to my camera roll, and then upload it to postimages.org (or other) that purposely gives you a nice DU-friendly link.

A gif on your phone will post only when it is in a browser tab (on the internet) or when uploaded to an image host, i.e. on the internet.

Your post was a bit ambiguous with the gif being on the phone and having a link. That only happens when it is in a browser tab, by one of the two means above.

HTH.

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Uploading a GIPHY file from an Android phone to a post on DU. [View all] Different Drummer Jan 12 OP

you can't post an image in a DU post. It can only be a URL that points to an internet-based image. CurtEastPoint Jan 12 #1

DU shows a picture only if you provide a link to it, so: usonian Jan 12 #2