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can i get better link previews with my pro subscription?

i really don’t understand the priorities here. why did we get profile banners before a decent link preview?

if i share a link with someone not on farcaster, they are much less likely to click it, much less join, if the preview looks like shit

Priority was ship pro in the protocol and this was an easy win as part of that.

i thought growth was priority, and farcaster won’t grow if users don’t want to share ugly looking links and outsiders don’t want to click on them

The links get higher click through rates with image previews. That’s a growth driven decision.

you can do image previews with text below. you don't have to add the text to the image

you can do image previews with text below. you don't have to add the text to the image
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2444/_index.html

wdym doesnt follow opengraph?

wouldnt work nor show up if it didnt https://ogp.me

no other well known social media uses that format, it is hard to read, and does not follow apple or opengraph guidelines for a reason (it's ugly and you can't read the text nor see the embedded image properly)

i'd like to disagree and say the embed in embed is a pretty good compromise and decision, unlike other less open social media its already providing a lot of the content as preview, instead of making you click for (ads views)

so idk why you're seeing it so negatively, when it probably is the better link preview you can get objectively

sometimes more sexy isn't really better