{"id":17120,"date":"2026-01-22T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/threads-experiments-with-animated-stickers-in-posts\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:59:00","slug":"threads-experiments-with-animated-stickers-in-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/threads-experiments-with-animated-stickers-in-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                Threads Experiments With Animated Stickers in Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/threads-experiments-with-animated-stickers-in-posts\/#Threads_Experiments_With_Animated_Stickers_in_Posts\" >Threads Experiments With Animated Stickers in Posts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Threads_Experiments_With_Animated_Stickers_in_Posts\"><\/span>\n                Threads Experiments With Animated Stickers in Posts<br \/>\n            <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/810289\/2026-01-23_09.10.25\/threads-experiments-with-animated-stickers-in-posts.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>This could be interesting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Threads is experimenting with a new option that would enable users to add stickers to their posts, giving you colorful, animated options that you can add to your updates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Threads stickers\" data-imagemodel=\"192344\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/VFmvneMTBbcS6CO8bUiL5Sym07wibb_Q8_zCLgU82Ms\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS90aHJlYWRzX3N0aWNrZXJzLnBuZw==.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>As you can see in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alex193a\/status\/2014393839826489650\" style=\"color:#0563c1\">this example<\/a>, posted by app researcher <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alex193a\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1\">Alessandro Paluzzi<\/a>, the Threads team is currently exploring the possibility of GIF-style stickers that you would be able to include within your updates, and would be displayed, in animated form, within the main feed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>To be clear, this would be different to adding a GIF as an attachment, which Threads users can already do. This would be more like using GIFs as emojis, providing more context within the text frame, as opposed to presenting them in a separate panel within the composer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Would that be a good addition?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Well, it depends. Twitter tried out similar updates in the past, particularly around its \u201cTwemoji\u201d emoji variants, though most of them were short-lived. It also once enabled users to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/katienotopoulos\/the-real-reason-twitter-doesnt-allow-gif-avatars\" style=\"color:#0563c1\">add animated GIFs as profile images<\/a>, but the option was removed more than a decade back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Why did Twitter remove these options? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>It\u2019s possible that the tiny, wriggling images on the screen were too distracting, and it wanted to maintain focus on the text elements. Which could also be a problem for Threads as well if this does get released, though that does also depend on how many people use them, and I suspect that they won\u2019t see widespread use.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>But then again, maybe this would spark a new trend, and that could be a problem for Threads, with the very active Threads feed causing anxiety for some users.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>I do think that\u2019s a real and significant concern, less so from the anxiety perspective, and more so in terms of general distraction, but it\u2019s hard to say based on limited precedent. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Also, there\u2019s no suggestion that this will even get a live test, and it could be that Threads is just throwing ideas around, and may scrap this one before it goes anywhere.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>But it\u2019s another consideration, which points to how Threads is looking to increase engagement, by focusing on animated, video-like elements in-stream.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/threads-experiments-with-animated-stickers-in-posts\/810289\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Threads Experiments With Animated Stickers in Posts Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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