The sequence makes a difference.

This applies to the sequence of steps you use to upload images and hyperlinks from other sites on social media sites.

This case applies to posting a Linked-in url on Facebook. But the same sequence applies to other social media combinations such as a blog or website url posted on Linked in.

The key idea to remember is that if the sites have different owners, it will not be surprising if their posting rules dont favor external or other sites.

Here is how it looks when I posted my Linked in url to our private FB group: Primus interpares on-line.

The above attempt to immediately post the url beneath the text caption produced a boring FB post, especially since the preview of the link was not shown. This has not always been the case. Maybe FB changed its rules.

But by changing the sequence and adding some steps, the same post was upgraded to look like this:

What is important to highlight in the above post are:

(1) Linked in url is still clickable and hyperlinked to the correct site

(2) the addition of the picture of the linked page makes it more interesting and eye-catching to those who see the post

(3) the first comment below is the post is controlled by the poster. At this time in Feb. 2024, this control of the first comment to link to an external site has been common practice as putting the link itself in the main post sometimes creates default images which are not what the one posting considers as the best visual for the FB post.

How this was accomplished is shown in this demo video on YT.

Even the sequence on how to post multiple file formats on Canvas- follows the principle- the sequence can make a difference.