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> But why? Go ahead and post a link in a message (I chose this one: http://imgur.com/gallery/wjANVCD http://imgur.com/gallery/wjANVCD). A little visual preview
by lbrandy 10y ago
> But why?
Go ahead and post a link in a message (I chose this one: http://imgur.com/gallery/wjANVCD http://imgur.com/gallery/wjANVCD). A little visual preview will appear. Where do you think this comes from?
> And classify you as a good citizen for the NSA so that you don’t get killed in a drone attack
Or maybe that.
- pshc 10y agoOccam's Razor strikes again.
- antoineMoPa 10y agoWhy stay for so long though? Fetching an image is fast and using an automated browser is a bit overkill. Maybe they wait for 15 seconds in case the server is slow...
- powera 10y agoAnti-virus. The post seems to be complaining that Facebook is using a browser, which probably means they're testing for malware.
- GauntletWizard 10y agoOr to detect JavaScript triggered malware or other nefarious behavior. Running a full headless browser for link scanning is actually quite doable for Facebook's scale.
- morgante 10y agoThere are definitely some sites (particularly news sites) which can take 15 seconds to actually render the main content of the page.
- corecoder 10y agoJavaScript, webfonts, XHR... In my experience, if you don't wait most of the times you get a blank page.
- kochthesecond 10y agoWhy not both? Also, they probably need a browser and to wait for a full render to be guaranteed a finalized image for their preview thumbnail.