This morning I started getting emails that users sharing links on Facebook were no longer seeing images and descriptions for the pages they were linking to. By the afternoon I started having a similar problem. Now I can’t seem to post articles on my page or profile with an article title, description, and image also included. Instead, it shows up as it does in the image to right.
For those of you who were wondering if this is a new feature on Facebook, it’s not. Instead it’s a bug in the system and while it’s not a critical flaw, it definitely effects the impact that a shared link has on its viewers. Yes, I’m still able to communicate with my friends and view my news feed, but sharing links is probably one of my most frequent activities on Facebook. Are you having the same issue or are links working for you?
Do you spend much time sharing links on Facebook or am I the only one?
Yes I share links all the time and this is infuriating – so bummed that they can't keep the basic features running – its bad enough FB tries to "improve" all the time. Sigh…
Comment by GhostDog312 — November 30, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
Yep, same here. Few users know, however, that you can edit the "headline" and "description" fields yourself by clicking them. Still no way to insert a pic that I have found, but this will let you manually insert something descriptive.
I am a rabid link-sharer… you're not alone, Nick.
Comment by voodoo — November 30, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
i often share links on my facebook and i don't think it's a new issue, it's happened to me before, randomly though
Comment by dj adelaide — November 30, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
its manually fixable by Facebook users (click the bold text and write your own title
)
Comment by Jamie Ellis — November 30, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
Its recovered and works again.
Comment by Jan Facebaker — November 30, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
The situation for me (located in Denmark) is that it still don't work.
Looking forward to it being fixed
Comment by Magnus Kjølle — November 30, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
I've seen this happen before for short periods and it's always annoying. Link sharing is also one of my primary FB activities.
Comment by Sara Avery — November 30, 2009 @ 3:27 pm
Sharing links is essential!
Comment by felicia — November 30, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
It's not a new glitch. For me, it happens more often with Gawker's links.
Comment by Facebook User — November 30, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Take a facebook break and come join the rest of us on the other 98% of the whole internet. There's a world going on you people seem to be missing.
Comment by Richard — November 30, 2009 @ 7:27 pm
Seems to work fine for me. Probably just a temporary error.
Comment by Facebook User — December 1, 2009 @ 1:26 am
i always share links
Comment by M — December 1, 2009 @ 10:01 am
I highly recommend this tutorial I wrote to maximize the effect of the links you share
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10528787...
Comment by Jon — December 3, 2009 @ 6:30 am
I share links from other friends, and now nobody can see them except me..HELP
Comment by Kathleen Keeslar — March 29, 2010 @ 7:28 am
The link sharing has yet again changed today. In response to G+ Facebook is making some major changes.
- Glenn Davis Doctor G
Comment by Glenn Davis — August 28, 2011 @ 3:35 pm