Questions about sharing via Facebook

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  sseale66 · Member · Feb 18, 2011 at 4:08 pm

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  Hi, I have two questions about sharing my posts via Facebook.

  First, when I share a post, none of the content/text/description from the post shows up. Only the title and an image. ??? I don’t know why. I have several other WordPress blogs, and I don’t have this issue with any of the others. Here’s a sample post so you can see what I mean:

  Seattle on a Shoestring

  Second, do I have to choose between a Facebook share and like button? I’d really love to have both of them in my social media sharing options – is this possible?

  Thanks!
  Shelley

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  timethief · Member · Feb 18, 2011 at 5:17 pm

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  Hi there,
  I cannot answer your first question. The answer to your second question is found here and it’s good news. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/its-possible-facebook-share-and-like-buttonsat-the-same-time?replies=61

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 19, 2011 at 12:08 am

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  ~~timethief
  I tried sharing the URL that starts with wp.me and I indeed get no description by default. However when I try manually sharing the full URL, I get the description as usual. I read somewhere that Facebook caches site titles, descriptions and thumbnails for about 24 hours. So try again in 24 hours with the short URL…

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 19, 2011 at 12:24 am

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  Great, this was actually a duplicate…
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-doesnt-any-text-show-up-when-my-posts-are-shared?replies=7

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 19, 2011 at 12:26 am

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  Triplicate, I think.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 19, 2011 at 12:32 am

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  Good gawd! threads are replicating … like tribbles!