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Stefan Bohacek@stefan@stefanbohacek.online (2026-05-25 04:35:10)
Are missing link previews on npr.org articles posted on Mastodon a known issue?

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116631192204831869

https://mastodon.social/@npr@flipboard.com/113907523706680540

#mastodon #MastoAdmins

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Stefan Bohacek@stefan@stefanbohacek.online (2026-05-25 06:41:20)
Ah, yes, I guess I just forgot.

"NPR doesn’t currently [in 2023] display preview cards from Mastodon instance. Why? Because the requests coming from the preview card generation service sends a user-agent string that is not allowed by the NPR servers. "

https://box464.com/posts/mastodon-preview-cards/

Thank you @box464 for putting this together!

Maybe now that Mastodon handles this better, it might be worth reaching out to them.