Mastodon: Opengraph preview of boosted toots shows the wrong user

Created on 25 Apr 2017 · 9Comments · Source: tootsuite/mastodon

If a boosted toot is pasted into a chat using the link from the booster, the username shown is the one of the booster, not the boostee. This might lead to misattribution.

[x] I searched or browsed the repo’s other issues to ensure this is not a duplicate.

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noiob

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Hi there! Thanks for the bug report. I'm trying to reproduce this but I'm having trouble. Would you have a URL that shows the problem available?

ashfurrow on 25 Apr 2017

sure, https://mastodon.social/users/maloki/updates/2088576

noiob on 25 Apr 2017

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Thank you. Very strange! I'm curious how you managed to get that URL? It's helped me reproduce the problem locally, I'm just curious.

ashfurrow on 25 Apr 2017

I just copied the URL of a boost from my timeline using the Amaroq app. Mastodon web seems to put the original URL.

noiob on 25 Apr 2017

Appears that way. I'll ping the Amoroq developer about this.

I took a look at fixing this in the meantime, but it's beyond my abilities for now I'm afraid.

ashfurrow on 25 Apr 2017

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Opened a bug on Amaroq's github, this should be an easy fix. I'll get it queued for a version update.

ReticentJohn on 25 Apr 2017

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This might be related to a different bug with reblogs but since this link actually leads to the booster's page, OpenGraph tags displaying the booster's name is not a bug in itself.