I was wanting to share a Hoopla Digital link with someone and it immediately declared "link preview unavailable" without even trying as it usually does. This library-backed website is harmless. Signal's preview generation can be a little bothersome at times.
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lime@feddit.nu · 5 pts · 1y
does the site have a link preview? those are not generated, they're created by the website maker.
Azzu@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
They are generated out of the metadata in the sites header tag.
I've tried to add link previews for my own website in Signal and I was mildly unsuccessful in figuring out the right tags to use. But I also didn't spend a lot of time on it.
It's likely that Hoopla also doesn't generate the right metadata tags that Signal expects to generate the preview.
lime@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 1y
well yeah, just like websites are generated from HTML. point being, someone has to make them.
joshchandra@midwest.social · 0 pts · 1y
Hmm... how can I check?
Supernova1051@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y