Anil@taylorlorenz the link previews thing is complicated because retrieving the data for them is decentralized, meaning each instance (and sometimes, each *app*!) is hitting the website for the preview info. It’s often been omitted because it can knock small websites offline just dealing with serving previews when a popular user shares a link.
Matt Blaze@taylorlorenz @anildash right. The way it’s implemented really doesn’t scale in a (growing) federated system. A more sensible approach would be to generate the preview at the poster’s instance.
ianhillmedia@mattblaze @taylorlorenz @anildash So it’s not perfect, but I can kinda replicate a QT in Toot by copying and pasting in the URL of the Toot https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/109565436163660592
@taylorlorenz @anildash @ianhillmedia right. Different clients seem to show one of:
- just the link
- a full preview of the post
- a truncated preview
- a preview of the poster’s profile
- just the link
- a full preview of the post
- a truncated preview
- a preview of the poster’s profile
Scott@ianhillmedia that, like many things seem to vary by client