Dan MorenJan 18, 2023

Apple adding support for Mastodon previews in iMessage and Slack doing the same for workgroups would go a long way to making it easier to share posts.

(UPDATE: Whoops, looks like I got some details wrong—look downthread for a correction.)

Show threadJack Regan Jan 18, 2023
@dmoren Oh is this on Apple to fix? I assumed it was a Mastodon issue…
Show threadDavid LynchJan 18, 2023
@jack_regan @dmoren I think there's layers to it? The twitter preview cards are customized beyond what you can do open graph markup on your website, as I understand it. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2444/_index.html
Technical Note TN2444: Best Practices for Link Previews in Messages

TN2444: Explains how website developer can add metadata in order to get better link previews in Messages for iOS and macOS.

Show threadJack Regan Jan 18, 2023
@kemayo @dmoren Makes sense. Either way can we make this happen, @Gargron ?? Sending Mastodon posts in iMessage feels broken right now…
Show threadEugen Rochko
@jack_regan @kemayo @dmoren We need to ask Apple for a fix. I don't think there's anything we can do with the current OpenGraph tags.
Jan 18, 2023 at 4:48pmWeb
Show threadJack Regan Jan 18, 2023
@Gargron @kemayo @dmoren Ah got it. Well, glad it’s on your radar!