• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Reuters is not a fan of VPN’s and scrapers. The Lemmy image search bot fails to scrape their thumbnails. Newer Lemmy versions have a manual option to fix this but .world needs to update first.

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      19 hours ago

      You know, I have no idea.
      I think it depends on the linked-to servers.
      If the server thinks the Lemmy thumbnail/summary generator is a bad bot, it will not return a thumbnail. If it’s actually a decent web server, I think the Lenny instance will generate & distribute a thumbnail automatically and attach a summary.
      I presume this is handled by the posts hosting instance.

      I’ve noticed some sites that get linked to don’t have a thumbnail and some sort of “prove you aren’t a bit” subtext/caption.
      And others work fine