I messed up the link to this last night when I was posting it, so TAKE TWO.

(My YouTube-fu is weak, and I don't know if this link is actually posting an image or not, so...)

https://youtu.be/q1JYXY15k6E?si=mQD9MKKTRuRnTUiT

@sebastianmalloy still not seeing anything, not even when I click favorite (which will sometimes cause my server to load the preview). Have you considered mentioning a title or other hint of what it is you are linking to?

@sebastianmalloy I believe it depends on the server/client. Some servers are set up to show a preview for links but if the server is slow it might not show for a while ... or not at all.

I have my custom client (that I wrote) which I configured to show a web preview for the first web link if there are no images in the post and it shows it like in the attached image.

@f Interesting! I guess I didn’t think about different servers having different capabilities. Things to consider going forward. Thanks for the info!

@sebastianmalloy Sure thing 🙂

At the lowest level, the link you post is just a text link. Whether it shows a preview or not depends on what is displaying the post.

So, if you want to be sure that others get an idea as to what's in the link (without following the link) a brief description might be helpful in case there is no preview 🙂