How dev.to Looks on Slack

90/100
Excellent
No issues found

This page shows how dev.to appears when shared on Slack. The current preview headline reads "DEV Community". It pairs with the description "A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career" and a social image. Overall, dev.to's setup scores 90/100 against Slack best practices.

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Slack

DEV Community

DEV Community

A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

DEV Community

Analysis

dev.to's social meta tag setup passes every check we run. The required tags are present, the image is well-sized, and the title and description fit comfortably within Slack's truncation limits. There's not much to improve here - this is a strong reference for anyone looking to optimize their own social previews.

What's working well: social share image found; description length is good (83 chars); twitter card type: summary_large_image. 3 of the checks we run pass cleanly.

Frequently Asked Questions

dev.to declares `og:type` as `website`. This tells Slack how to categorize the content when generating a preview.

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