Are missing link previews on npr.org articles posted on Mastodon a known issue?
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
"Any vegetational cover that you put in the city is going to have a positive effect, especially with heat. People have a place to gather or sit or meditate, or kids can go there and play." https://www.npr.Stefan Bohacek (Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server)
Stefan Bohacek
in reply to Stefan Bohacek • • •Ah, yes, I guess I just forgot.
"NPR doesn’t currently [in 2023] display preview cards from Mastodon instance. Why? Because the requests coming from the preview card generation service sends a user-agent string that is not allowed by the NPR servers. "
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Thank you @box464 for putting this together!
Maybe now that Mastodon handles this better, it might be worth reaching out to them.
Understanding Mastodon Preview Card Display Logic
Jeff Sikes