User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-29924420-20160909154241/@comment-26402117-20160909165945

It takes much more effort to remove the GIFs from the filespace and edit them out of the comments, and is actually more intrusive because staff would be editing them out of people's comments.

I find it presumptuous to assume comments with memes and GIFs are to stay when CC doesn't really allow them as uploads.