linkedin / linkedin/linkedin.github.com
.webp format is not supported for thumbnails when posting links
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Description
Certainly there is a thread somewhere regarding this, so if anyone could kindly direct me there, I'd appreciate it if even to just check on its progress.
Posting a link (e.g. from a blog post) will result in a broken thumbnail on LinkedIn or, LinkedIn will grab an unrelated image from the page (e.g. the author's image and blow it up) if the image is in WebP format. Likely, this is not intended, and as all other major social networking sites support WebP and some websites use WebP for site optimization/favorable SEO, I think it would be a good idea to consider supporting it.
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Research direction
The issue identifies no source file, test, or entry point, and the repository is described only as a listing of LinkedIn's public projects. First locate which project handles link previews or thumbnails and determine how WebP links are processed. Done would mean LinkedIn posts show the correct thumbnail for links whose images use WebP.
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Assessment
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100