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minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey’ll do a really empty stub I think, but all the fancy previews are tags sites add that are basically “when you link to me, could you show me like this?” https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-open-graph-and-how-can-i-use-it-for-my-website/
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYa, if the news organizations are using open graph and that’s all Google and Facebook and whoever are using that’s stupid. Show our preview so people will click the link! OH NO our preview is too good and people aren’t clicking the link! Government make them pay us!
They’ll do a really empty stub I think, but all the fancy previews are tags sites add that are basically “when you link to me, could you show me like this?”
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-open-graph-and-how-can-i-use-it-for-my-website/
Ya, if the news organizations are using open graph and that’s all Google and Facebook and whoever are using that’s stupid.
Show our preview so people will click the link! OH NO our preview is too good and people aren’t clicking the link! Government make them pay us!