OpenGraph tags allow website creators to determine how link previews will be displayed on other platforms, such as Discord or Mastodon, by defining the thumbnail image, page title, and various other display attributes. This is a proposal of a new OpenGraph tag that would highlight article writers and website creators on Mastodon, the fediverse:creator tag.
Instead of showing an unclickable plain text name of the author, with a fediverse:creator tag present on the website, we can render a rich link to the given Mastodon/Ghost/Flipboard/etc profile underneath the main preview, allowing people to open the profile right in their Mastodon app and engage with the author.
This will highlight journalists that actively use Mastodon and help them cultivate an audience on the platform that is independent of their publisher.
<meta property="fediverse:creator" content="username@domain" />
fediverse:creator to be in line with the naming scheme established by twitter:creator.username@domain format instead of a URL because it’s easier to dereference and easier to write out by hand.fediverse instead of activitypub because we want to build recognition for “fediverse” among webmasters, and not mastodon to avoid complaints