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I've seen this a few times now. The ! ahead of the [embed] directive gets removed after post leaving a broken link behind that works when clicked but behaves like a normal image link rather than an embedded image.

Example post with issue:

https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/758501

Editing the title to put the ! back does not fix the problem.

This is probably by design but I thought I'd post it in case others have seen this behavior as well.

I've seen this a few times now. The ! ahead of the [embed] directive gets removed after post leaving a broken link behind that works when clicked but behaves like a normal image link rather than an embedded image. Example post with issue: https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/758501 Editing the title to put the ! back does not fix the problem. This is probably by design but I thought I'd post it in case others have seen this behavior as well.
[–] • 2 pts 8d

Embed images are only permitted in comments.

[–] • 2 pts 8d

Embed images are only permitted in comments.

Okay cool. I figured that might be the case. :)

[–] • 3 pts 8d

The reason is because post's content doesn't have a built-in image upload, which means direct image links shared in the content won't get an expando fallback.

You'd have to share a pic8 album link in the URL field instead.

[–] • 2 pts 8d

The reason is because post's content doesn't have a built-in image upload, which means direct image links shared in the content won't get an expando fallback.

You'd have to share a pic8 album link in the URL field instead.

Cool. Nice info to know. Will keep this in mind for future posts.

Thank you!