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Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps

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Re: Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps

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Post by mh- »

bryanhogan wrote: post #21

Can anyone tell me why WhatsApp seems so random whether it display the social preview image and text or not? E.g. for my own website https://bryanhogan.com/ it shows up in the tool but not in actual chats.

I've noticed this just as a casual user of WhatsApp, when pasting links into a conversation. I'm not sure what triggers it either, but I can say that it sometimes works for (e.g.) one tweet and not another.

Re: Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps

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Post by talljohnson1234 »

2big2fail_47 wrote: post #23
ulrischa wrote: post #22

A good idea bit the visualisation ist wrong. I.e. the preview image will not be shown correctly

yeah it doesn’t work if you try it with https://youtube.com i really like the idea though

Would investigate why it wasn't working and push out a fix. thanks for trying it out.

Re: Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps

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Post by esafak »

bryanhogan wrote: post #21

Can anyone tell me why WhatsApp seems so random whether it display the social preview image and text or not? E.g. for my own website https://bryanhogan.com/ it shows up in the tool but not in actual chats.

Maybe it times out depending on the load.
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