Comment Re:Bug or Pull Request? (Score 1) 39
Maybe have this generated once on the posting server?
I'd actually enjoy if I could (as a user) configure whether or not the "blurb" (or worse, a big image, which might not even be related) appears in a mastodon post that has a web address. Sometimes, I'd be happier with just the linkified address...
It might also be possible to try to delay any fetching from Mastodon instances? If other servers want to check that the preview is accurate, that could always be an opt-in setting, and could be delayed a bit too?
There's, I hope, a lot of discussion about this that has already been had? I haven't checked the relevant bug reports yet. (My main focus with this submission was how much itsfoss.com makes you download if you're opening it in a browser, not the impact from mastodon.)