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		chris11 on Feb 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Framing other sites has always seemed scu... "Facebook frames the destination pages for all links shared on it." Where does Facebook do this? I just checked it with a site for a food drive that I'm advertising on my news feed, and it wasn't framed.

brandnewlow on Feb 2, 2009 | [–]

Click on a "posted item" in your news feed.

Example:

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=52798147212&h=...

Instead of

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipes/gallery/0,28548,1708361,00....

FB adds a blue bar across the top with the profile info of the person who shared the link.

anotherjesse on Feb 2, 2009 | [–]

It is shown when someone posts a link (not every external link)

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