Why doesn't the image from my post show up when sharing via Facebook, etc?

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  sseale66 · Member · Jun 12, 2014 at 2:17 pm

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  I have created a new post with an image in it, and I set that to be the featured image as well.
  The post is: http://travelforfreebook.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/man-all-by-himself-in-airport-makes-epic-music-video

  But when you share on Facebook and other social media from that post, it doesn’t display the featured image from the post at all. Instead, it gives options or displays other general images from the site.

  ?? How can I set it to show the actual image FROM THIS POST? It makes no sense.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2014 at 6:36 pm

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  Please read these tips http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#images-in-publicize

  We have no control over the images that Facebook chooses to display or when they choose to flush their image caches. We really only send them the URL of the post, and they hunt through that for the excerpt and images to include.

  Please see http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug
  and https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/fb-link-has-no-thumbnails?replies=4#post-936861

  See here too https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pachyderm-theme-image-size-on-reader?replies=9#post-1349306

  See this thread for more tips please > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wp-post-wont-publish-images-to-fb-but-was-previously?replies=8