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Lookspan website fails social media link previews

Lookspan's website has been failing to generate proper social media link previews, according to a Mastodon user. The issue stems from the use of an SVG for the og:image, which most platforms do not render, and a relative path that prevents scrapers from resolving the image. Additionally, the live documentation site incorrectly declared a large image card but provided no image at all. AI

IMPACT Technical issues with social media previews can hinder product discovery and adoption.

RANK_REASON A user reports a technical issue with a specific product's website functionality.

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Lookspan website fails social media link previews

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · jonimartin ·

    Been posting links to Lookspan for weeks. Today I finally checked what the preview card looked like: nothing. The landing pointed og:image at an SVG — no social

    Been posting links to Lookspan for weeks. Today I finally checked what the preview card looked like: nothing. The landing pointed og:image at an SVG — no social platform renders SVG in a link preview — and used a relative path, which scrapers don't resolve. The live docs site was…