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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 years agoIs it actually a provided preview, or a preview they are generating. I know part of the legit problem is when a website summarizes something and then people don’t click on the link, which reduces ad revenue. But maybe there’s a provided summary (which should be fine) and the other way it gets summarized (which could arguably be deemed bad) But making them pay to just link with is batshit insane.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-22 years 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!
Is it actually a provided preview, or a preview they are generating.
I know part of the legit problem is when a website summarizes something and then people don’t click on the link, which reduces ad revenue.
But maybe there’s a provided summary (which should be fine) and the other way it gets summarized (which could arguably be deemed bad)
But making them pay to just link with is batshit insane.
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!