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[–] 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

It's still helpful for messages. The social share/thumbnail isn't always available

A user is more likely to click on

https://unfamiliar.site/c/cats/192837/my-cat-napping-in-the-sun

compared to

https://unfamiliar.site/post/192837

I'm not saying that this should take priority over all the other things the developers are doing, but I'd still like to see it implemented at some point

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    Most places that matter (popular chat apps, text apps, social media) use Open Graph protocol to provide a preview of the link that's been sent. I don't see the issue here. Its on the site operator to implement Open Graph and it works fine on Lemmy.

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