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title: "The Verge: Facebook Rolls out GIF-Supported Polls Feature to Web and Mobile Apps"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b42a1ad3-6a0b-46d7-bd51-6ce0aab608fa
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-verge-facebook-rolls-out-gif-supported-polls-feature-to-web-and-mobile-apps-2704759
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2017-11-06T15:10:06.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:00:33.102Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/aff11f504eef74f5fc68f796f2486c716152.jpg
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# The Verge: Facebook Rolls out GIF-Supported Polls Feature to Web and Mobile Apps

**TL;DR:** Facebook introduced a GIF-supported poll feature for users to ask votable questions as a status on web, iOS and Android apps. The company previously had a polling feature in 2007 and recently acquired polling startup tbh.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-11-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-verge-facebook-rolls-out-gif-supported-polls-feature-to-web-and-mobile-apps-2704759).*

## Story

Facebook is giving brands and people the ability to quickly poll their fans and friends. According to a recent article from The Verge , the social network introduced a GIF-supported poll feature for users to ask votable questions as a status on web, iOS and Android apps.

The company is following its fairly new Instagram Stories feature, which introduced polling stickers last month. A polling feature was previously a part of Facebook back in 2007 without GIFs and photos but was eventually removed. This recent move follows Facebook’s acquisition of the polling startup tbh back in October.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Facebook (company)
- acquisition (topic)
- Instagram (company)
- social media feature (topic)
- polling feature (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-verge-facebook-rolls-out-gif-supported-polls-feature-to-web-and-mobile-apps-2704759). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b42a1ad3-6a0b-46d7-bd51-6ce0aab608fa).