On November 18th, 2020, Twitter user tgronpriv posted, "dudes be like 'how yo pfp moving?' its called i got twitter nitro mf" (shown below, note the moving profile picture). The first known use of the phrase "Twitter Nitro" in reference to GIF profile pictures was tweeted by WindowsNoku on November 15th, 2020, who commented on a tweet by user compromisation, who has a GIF for a profile picture, "How did you get Twitter Nitro?" (Shown below.) This is explained in more detail in a piece published to BuzzFeed News on April 27th, 2017. If a Twitter user has a GIF profile picture, they likely uploaded the profile picture when the loophole was still active and haven't changed it since. Shortly after the loophole was discovered it was patched by Twitter devs, however, those who had already uploaded working GIF profile pictures found they still worked. BuzzFeed published an article describing how to do this on June 20th, 2012. Around June of 2012, a loophole on Twitter was found that allowed users to upload a working GIF as a profile picture by cropping it to a specific size.
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