Question 1

What is theinformation.com's Open Graph type?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Does theinformation.com declare image dimensions?

Accepted Answer

theinformation.com sets `og:image` but does not include `og:image:width` and `og:image:height`. Explicit dimensions let platforms render the preview faster without downloading the image first.

Question 3

What headline does theinformation.com use for social previews?

Accepted Answer

theinformation.com's social headline is "The Information" (15 characters).

Question 4

What description does theinformation.com use for social previews?

Accepted Answer

theinformation.com's social description reads: "The Information has a simple mission: deliver important, deeply reported articles about the technology business you won’t find elsewhere. Many of the …" (244 characters).

Question 5

What site name does theinformation.com display on social cards?

Accepted Answer

theinformation.com sets `og:site_name` to "The Information". This appears as a small attribution label on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Slack.

Question 6

What's the biggest issue with theinformation.com's Slack preview?

Accepted Answer

Description is 244 characters - truncated on most platforms. LinkedIn cuts at ~100, Facebook at ~130, Google at ~160 characters.

Question 7

How can I improve theinformation.com's social previews?

Accepted Answer

Review the recommendations above - they list specific issues and provide ready-to-paste meta tag snippets. The highest-impact fixes are usually a properly sized `og:image` (800×418), a clear `og:title` under 60 characters, and a 50-155 character `og:description`.

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