I kind of view the lack of gifs as something positive? Like, it forces one to use actual words and think out a response. Plus, you're not leaking all the trac

I kind of view the lack of gifs as something positive? Like, it forces one to use actual words and think out a response. Plus, you're not leaking all the tracking associated with those widgets. However, I understand that people have come to expect having fun experiences in their IM clients, and that usually requires reacting with animated GIFs.