Tyler HillsmanJan 25, 2023
I’m in the middle of building something that is just silly enough to be interesting and just useful enough to be releasable.
Show threadTyler HillsmanJan 25, 2023

Ok, so.

Tweets look really good when you send them in Messages on iOS/macOS. Mastodon posts… don’t. So I built a little tool that makes them much nicer to look at:

https://mstdn.link

Add ?to={any Mastodon post URL} to the end of that domain and when you send it to a friend, you get the nice looking preview. Of course the page makes it easy to paste a URL in. And there’s a Shortcut to make it even easier on iOS or macOS.

mstdn.link - Share Mastodon posts better

Show threadWestonJan 25, 2023
@thillsman I'm curious, would a longer-term fix need to be Apple doing custom Messages work? or does Mastodon need to rework its meta tags?
Show threadTyler HillsmanJan 25, 2023
@weston There’s something in Messages link previewing explicitly looking for a Twitter URL in a meta tag, so I’m afraid the ball is in Apple’s court.
Show threadGareth Simpson

@thillsman @weston

Squarespace have figured out the secret sauce for this. If you message this to yourself, you’ll get a proper preview. They basically spam all the headers.

https://squarespace.com

It’s in their pages when you make a squarespace site too and works a treat.

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Jan 26, 2023 at 1:11amWeb