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Adding a new post at https://steemit.com/submit.html
Proposal
Issue:
It is currently not possible to optimize steemit posts for social media, specifically facebook, using open graph.
Solution:
Add optional input fields to the post submission form that will be used for the open graph meta tags on the post pages:
- “Facebook Title” with this hint “If you don't want to use the post title for sharing the post on Facebook but instead want another title there, write it here.”
- “Facebook Description” with this hint “If you don't want to use the meta description for sharing the post on Facebook but want another description there, write it here”
- “Facebook Image” with this hint “If you want to override the image used on Facebook for this post, add the URL here. The recommended image size for Facebook is 1200 by 630 pixels.”
These would be coded according to the open graph protocol at http://ogp.me/
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Benefits
As steemit grows in popularity, more influencers will start taking notice and signing up. Many of them have a large following on Facebook and other social media platforms. As they switch to steemit as their blogging platform of choice, they will expect to be able to format their social media posts the way they want, and most other blogging platforms allow. Sharing content on Facebook that is well formatted for that specific media also increases the chances for it go viral even if the person sharing it doesn’t have a large following. This will improve the image of steemit as a more mature blogging platform that is integrated with social media as well.
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As a facebook developer, yes there is really a need to make these optimizations to make our posts render correctly on Facebook.. With titles, description, and images. We can have this as suggested above, or we can automatically pull it from the contents.
It's a good suggestion to help improve visibility on social media not just on Facebook but on other channels as well such as LinkedIn, Google Plus, etc.
thank you for the support @shoganaii :-)
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Hello @leap8, Your contribution can not be approved. It really does not have any great impact on the project. The
share toother social media feature already exist which makes this suggestion less important. Thanks.[utopian-moderator]
My suggestion has nothing to do with the "share to" buttons. I'm suggesting adding an open graph protocol with editable input fields. This allows better formatted posts on social media. Please contact me on discord to discuss this. The user name is the same. leap8 Thank you
No one said your suggestion was reffering to
a Facebook share button. What i mean is, this feature you are suggesting is of less important to the project since it already has theshare toother social media feature.Hey @leap8 I am @utopian-io. I have just upvoted you!
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