You can't put element tags on a imgur.com/rickroll.mp4 raw file link. An important feature of gifs is that you know they will not make noise. Videos however li

You can't put element tags on a imgur.com/rickroll.mp4 raw file link. An important feature of gifs is that you know they will not make noise. Videos however like to blare obnoxious music and yell at you to grab your attention. If it somehow became a browser convention that .gifv videos will not play sound by default, then users would be much less anxious about clicking and sharing .gifv links compared to .mp4 links.