Disable_web_page_preview

Go to Settings > Privacy > Advanced > Disable link previews . This also helps protect your IP address.

When a user or bot sends a URL in a modern chat application, the platform automatically "unfurls" it. The server parses the URL, scrapes the Open Graph or Twitter Card metadata, and generates a visual rich-link preview. This usually includes a banner image, a bolded title, and a snippet of description text.

However, it introduces a slight delay on the client-side if the user decides to click. The client (the user's app) must then fetch the preview data on demand. While negligible for the individual, it shifts the processing burden from the sender's context to the receiver's context.

For PHP wrappers, the parameter is often passed within an arguments array to the request method:

(Deducting one point only because it requires manual implementation per message, whereas a "mode" toggle for the entire chat would often be preferred).