Since some asshole decided to downvote this right away without helping me, I deleted the previous post and made this one since the flag probably would have prevented anyone from seeing this. My question was legit. How do you choose the thumbnail that your post displays on the feed? I tried editing the Alt Text. Example: `````` I figured it might be based on the first character or something, but that didn't work. I also noticed that the order that the pictures are in don't seem to matter either. In one of my posts, the bottom picture was the thumbnail, and in another post the 2nd picture was in the thumbnail. Does anyone have an answer for this? EDIT: thecleangame presented one solution for this, here is an example: ```![](<a href="http://url-to-img.com">)``` ```http://url-to-img.com``` This worked, but it shows a thumbnail image for the first link, and a the real image for the 2nd link. I don't think this is a great way of getting this done, but it did work for me.
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I'm anxious to see the answer for this also. Seems that posting images is one of the biggest headaches sometimes. I just posted this https://steemit.com/money/@framelalife/trade-junkies-dnotes-skyrockets-rumor-of-crypto-bank and I wanted to use a different image for the thumbnail. Does it default to the first image?
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I don't think so. When I [posted this](https://steemit.com/money/@dev00100000/three-easy-ways-i-ve-earned-extra-money-in-college-for-things-i-already-do-and-you-can-too), the second image defaulted as the thumbnail.
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Messed me up too, had to change my massive wallpaper photo posting (macro of some awesomely trichome dense cannabis) to a link only. <h2>Keep it Clean!</h2> ------------------------------------- <ul><li><a href="https://steemit.com/newauthor/@thecleangame/new-author-self-published-secrets-to-growing-trichome-dense-cannabis-a-guide-to-full-expression-flowers-free-intro">Steemit Preview of My Book <strong>"Secrets to Growing Trichome Dense Cannabis"</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://steemit.com/cannabis/@thecleangame/cannabis-is-non-addictive">Cannabis is Non-Addictive</a></li> <li><a href="https://steemit.com/photography/@thecleangame/super-high-resolution-purple-cannabis-macro-free-wallpaper-of-the-quality-of-cannabis-i-grow">Super High Resolution Purple Cannabis WallPaper!</a></li> <li><a href="https://steemit.com/society/@thecleangame/15-negative-side-effects-of-cannabis-prohibition-that-should-be-obvious-to-anyone">15 Negative Side Effects of Prohibition</a></li> </ul>
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I just gave that a shot, but it didn't change the thumbnail. Thanks though!
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No, I mean I left the thumbnail I posted and then added href tags around the image link to turn it in to an actual link...
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