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@hugovk I don't really know why, but this change breaks LinkedIn sharing by removing the URL, by clipping everything after the last question including the URL:

this PR

prod

I don't really know why, but this change breaks LinkedIn sharing by removing the URL, by clipping everything after the last question including the URL:

Hmm, this is what Claude suggests:

Root cause: The ? introduced in commit c191e31 ("What about you:" → "What about you?").
The text is sent correctly encoded as %3F, but LinkedIn's shareActive flow decodes the
text parameter and re-parses it internally, so a literal ? in the decoded text truncates
everything after it. The # characters are not the issue — prod's URL contained /#bingo
and shared intact, so the new hashtags can stay.

The fix in src/components/island/BingoCard.svelte:51: buildShareText() now takes a
forLinkedIn flag. LinkedIn gets the ?-free "What about you:" phrasing, while X, Bluesky,
and Mastodon keep "What about you?". A comment notes the LinkedIn quirk so nobody
reintroduces it.

Worth verifying with a real LinkedIn account before merging, since this behavior is
entirely on LinkedIn's side and undocumented — the diagnosis rests on the prod-vs-PR
comparison in Daria's screenshots. If you'd rather not have per-network phrasing, the
alternative is reverting to "What about you:" everywhere.

diff --git a/src/components/island/BingoCard.svelte b/src/components/island/BingoCard.svelte
index 085796e6..1688e91c 100644
--- a/src/components/island/BingoCard.svelte
+++ b/src/components/island/BingoCard.svelte
@@ -48,18 +48,20 @@
     } catch {}
   }
 
-  function buildShareText() {
+  function buildShareText(forLinkedIn = false) {
     const attended = editions.filter((_, i) => checked[i]).map(e => `${e.year} ${e.city}`);
     const count = attended.length;
     const base = `I've attended ${count} EuroPython conference${count !== 1 ? 's' : ''}! 🐍`;
     const body = count > 0 ? `${base}\n\n${attended.join(' · ')}` : base;
-    return `${body}\n\nWhat about you? ${BINGO_PAGE_URL}\n\n#EuroPython #Python`;
+    // LinkedIn drops everything after a "?" in the prefilled text, even when encoded
+    const prompt = forLinkedIn ? 'What about you:' : 'What about you?';
+    return `${body}\n\n${prompt} ${BINGO_PAGE_URL}\n\n#EuroPython #Python`;
   }
 
   const BINGO_PAGE_URL = 'https://ep2026.europython.eu/bingo';
 
   function shareLinkedIn() {
-    const text = buildShareText();
+    const text = buildShareText(true);
     window.open(
       `https://www.linkedin.com/feed/?shareActive=true&text=${encodeURIComponent(text)}`,
       '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer'

But we can just change "What about you?" back to "What about you:" for a quick fix.

But we can just change "What about you?" back to "What about you:" for a quick fix.

Sure, that makes sense. Let's make sure to keep 2 newlines before the hashtags, so the url pops out.

I'm heading for the EP and some family time before that, will be mostly offline from now on.

But we can just change "What about you?" back to "What about you:" for a quick fix.

Sure, that makes sense. Let's make sure to keep 2 newlines before the hashtags, so the url pops out.

Done, back to colon, and with 2 newlines before the hashtags.

I'm heading for the EP and some family time before that, will be mostly offline from now on.

Have a good break before EP!

Perhaps someone else can approve/merge.

@hugovk I don't really know why, but this change breaks LinkedIn sharing by removing the URL, by clipping everything after the last question including the URL:

this PR

prod

We should check our main page OpenGraph details to be sure that there is no issue when we share it on socials.

Not related to this PR.
#1732