# Image hash code in description of forum topic shared on Facebook/Twitter **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [11월 19, 2017, 11:17오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382 "2017-11-19T23:17:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Post date:** [11월 19, 2017, 11:17오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/1 "2017-11-19T23:17:39Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/1/51db7f66a4e0e90210611b93a128c486793264cc.jpg) Image hash codes are appearing in `og:description` and `twitter:description` tags. ```plaintext ``` It’s rare, if ever, that the image caption contains any useful content - most of the time they are lengthy hash codes. If these captions were stripped from the `og:` tags it would help my social media shares look clearer (I rely on shares to bring people to my forum - they’re an important part of my branding). ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [11월 20, 2017, 12:22오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/2 "2017-11-20T00:22:35Z")
What is the “raw” content of the actual post? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Post date:** [11월 20, 2017, 7:59오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/3 "2017-11-20T07:59:42Z")
> [@sam](#): > > What is the “raw” content of the actual post? ```plaintext ![58C86A72-CC43-4B36-A8C7-2F360BBA228E|600x330](upload://5p26A2jfTK4qGLBb0ghom3htfTv.jpeg) One Tree Hill, Honor Oak ## :tada: Welcome to Lewisham - The highest number of [parks and green spaces](http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/Pages/default.aspx) of any London borough. - London's largest free fireworks [at Blackheath](http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/events/whats-on/fireworks/Pages/default.aspx) each year. ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [11월 20, 2017, 8:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/4 "2017-11-20T08:01:55Z")
> [@ChrisBeach](#): > > ![58C86A72-CC43-4B36-A8C7-2F360BBA228E|600x330] hmmm but why not call the image something sane like: `image` instead of `58C86A72-CC43-4B36-A8C7-2F360BBA228E` ? when I just pasted an image in I got! ```plaintext ![image|469x439](upload://1f0cKSsDiZiQCRtV1RC08N1OIeA.png) ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Post date:** [11월 20, 2017, 8:04오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/5 "2017-11-20T08:04:52Z")
> [@sam](#): > > why not call the image something sane like: image instead of 58C86A72-CC43-4B36-A8C7-2F360BBA228E ? I uploaded the image on my phone. I wouldn’t expect any member of my forum to a) know how to or b) care enough to edit the following: ```plaintext ![58C86A72-CC43-4B36-A8C7-2F360BBA228E|600x330](upload://5p26A2jfTK4qGLBb0ghom3htfTv.jpeg) ``` …into ```plaintext ![image](upload://5p26A2jfTK4qGLBb0ghom3htfTv.jpeg) ``` What’s more, I wouldn’t want [image] appearing in my social shares, either. Or anything that appears in square brackets. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [11월 20, 2017, 8:07오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/7 "2017-11-20T08:07:09Z")
Let me upload an image from my phone ![3BD97A0E-AAC6-4503-8BFC-C5A2579F54A9](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b2cb7e7e5b5fd3b5434ec023d794cc2da1928b4a.jpeg) Yep I see the guid in there @sam ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [11월 20, 2017, 8:09오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/8 "2017-11-20T08:09:30Z")
Well maybe we should improve that specifically for giant guids, add better handling for file names uploaded from mobile ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [11월 21, 2017, 8:57오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/10 "2017-11-21T20:57:30Z")
Yes we should handle this guid case for mobile, @gerhard can you add this to your list? I assume all iOS devices will benefit from better behavior here. ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [11월 27, 2017, 2:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/11 "2017-11-27T14:31:36Z")
Should we remove the `[image]` tags from the excerpt used in `og:description` and `twitter:description` or is replacing the GUID in images uploaded from iOS enough? Showing the alt text of images in those descriptions feels like a bad idea most of the time, but I guess there are some usecases where it makes sense to include them. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Post date:** [11월 27, 2017, 3:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/12 "2017-11-27T15:18:33Z")
I’d like for the [image] tags to be removed from excerpts, yes (others may, of course, disagree) ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [11월 28, 2017, 12:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/13 "2017-11-28T12:02:18Z")
OK, the first part is now merged: [FEATURE: replace GUID in image name uploaded from iOS (#5370) · discourse/discourse@41e70c4 · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/41e70c410c39f5b29c9e67481a4251aeab891b1e) I’m waiting on feedback for [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/5377](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/5377) @codinghorror Do we want to try this out? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [11월 28, 2017, 7:55오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/14 "2017-11-28T19:55:18Z")
Probably fine, go for it and see what people think. ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [11월 29, 2017, 8:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/15 "2017-11-29T20:03:34Z")
@ChrisBeach There shouldn’t be any image tags in the descriptions anymore when you share a topic on Twitter and Facebook. All you need to do is update to latest for this to work. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Post date:** [11월 29, 2017, 8:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/16 "2017-11-29T20:44:49Z")
Many thanks @gerhard. Appreciate the change and the notification. ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [12월 1, 2017, 8:45오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hash-code-in-description-of-forum-topic-shared-on-facebook-twitter/74382/17 "2017-12-01T20:45:10Z")
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