so if you have many thousands of followers post a link and get it ddosed for free :)

https://digipres.club/@raffaele/109324691548153165
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/11/mastodon-stampede/

unpopular opinion: I've always found url previews very annoying
https://24ways.org/2019/microbrowsers-are-everywhere/