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June 28

Two titles for same single Facebook video. How is that possible?

Here is the video from Impact Wrestling Facebook page:

Video 1

If I click on the video, Facebook turns into black page and also video title got changed:

Same Video 1 Rizosome (talk) 03:37, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

The URLs for those two facebook posts are:

m.facebook.com/ImpactWrestling/posts/10159214427036026?locale2=sw_KE

sw-ke.facebook.com/ImpactWrestling/posts/10159214427036026

"sw" is Swahili, and "ke" is Kenya.

It's the same video, but sw-ke.facebook.com is the desktop version and m.facebook.com is the mobile version.

Facebook has decided that you are using a desktop computer and when you try to view the mobile version of the page redirects you to the desktop version of the page.

--Guy Macon (talk) 08:05, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Why title of video differ with mobile/platform versions of FB?? Rizosome (talk) 10:03, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Please don't add {{Re|Guy Macon}} to your replies. I have a watchlist and know how to use it.

The titles are different because facebook decided to make the titles different. A webserver can decide to make any kind of change between desktop and mobile. The page could be identical or it could be completely different.

You can try this here on Wikipedia. If you are reading the desktop version of a page (en.wikipedia.org) just add an M to see our mobile version (en.m.wikipedia.org) and see what we send to mobile users. Notice how much of the content of the page changes.There is also a link to "Mobile view" at the bottom of the desktop page and (usually) a link to "Desktop" on the mobile page that brings you back. --Guy Macon (talk) 14:28, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

And you will notice that the mobile version is worse, whether you are using a smartphone or a laptop or a desktop computer. Some mobile editors of Wikipedia, including User:McClenon mobile, always switch to desktop mode. Wikipedia has dumbed down the mobile version. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:08, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

As always, worse is in the eye of the beholder. There are some well recognised flaws in the mobile site. However despite the limitations of the mobile site, I still prefer it for reading most of the time. For editing some of the time. Nil Einne (talk) 12:42, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

I am using {{Re|Guy Macon}} to replying you specifically out of all editors. Rizosome (talk) 07:43, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

@Rizosome: if an editor has asked you not to ping them then don't. If you feel it's necessary to specify the editor you are referring to just mention their username without wikilinking it or using a template. It's very rude bordering on harassment to ping someone you remember has asked you to stop. Yes editors can block pings, but why should they? Also this is only a request specific to this particular sort of ping, possibly Guy Macon wold be fine if you ping them to a discussion they aren't involved in when you mention them or whatever. This is no different from most of life (emails, physical mail, phone calls, private messages, face to face interactions). If someone tells you to leave them alone, you leave them alone. It doesn't matter if there are technical measures that can stop you. Nil Einne (talk) 12:42, 29 June 2021 (UTC)