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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by YetAnotherNick on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:01AM (#46352762)
Meta added it in "<meta>" tag(no pun intended) intended for search engine. And some other app crawled it and displayed it in main text. Not defending Meta but the text is not visible in instagram or any other Meta app.
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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by diegof79 on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:19AM (#46352871)
It’s the OpenGraph description metadata (“og:description”, see https://ogp.me/ )

Many apps, like Slack and LinkedIn, use it to display a link card with a description.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by Ndymium on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:12AM (#46352831)
og:description is exactly the meta tag to use for link descriptions in embeds. Not all meta tags are only for search engines. The app acted correctly here.
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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by YetAnotherNick on Monday December 22, 2025 @06:57AM (#46353471)
If og:description is used in the app, the app shouldn't just show append it to main text without any way to differentiate.
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