The share buttons have been unreliable for quite sometime and heard staff say they were not investing in a fix at that time.

Instead of using those links, copy and paste the link to the post when you share - that way you can upload the photo you want to use. 

Debbie Reynolds has your answer.

   I suggest that instead of using the share buttons, you go directly to LinkedIn or Twitter or other social media site, and paste your links directly.

Oh, I missed that one. 

Right anwers were posted. 

I knew the ActiveRain membership would come through. . .

Great question and great answers.

I found the share buttons did not work very well. My opinion is that it's best to copy and paste the URL for your desired post and write some additional commentary as an introduction on LI, or FB or wherever you are posting.

You may be talking about the "Add This" buttons, they still work for me but I have to disable my adblocker whenever I need to use them.

sandy straley - Share works sometimes and sometimes it does not! I usually do not rely on that.

Sometimes this is as much to do about the service we are linking to. I know that facebook and twitter have changed some of the permissions.

You've got your answer and your solution.  

None of the social media links work properly anymore. AR is becoming a car on blocks in front of a run down property. It's a shame.

It is right there on screen but it never worked very well.

You can use a scheduler like Hootsuite or Friends+Me that will help you much better.

I don't use the automatic links via AR as they have never worked well, if you ask me. I individually add my AR posts to all the social media... linkedin, facebook, twitter, google+, etc.

By the time I got here, all I had to do was review the great advice given by others.

Sandy,

It is better if you share from your website,anyway.  A

I stopped using those buttons a long time ago, and use the URL to post directly.

Good question, I learned from these answers. 

I don't see many fixes in our future

I must assume that Debbie Reynolds has the inside info.

It's best practice to share the link manually, so you can control the image that gets displayed.

No idea 

Or, you can have more control and do it manually.

Debbie Reynolds has you covered!

my page doesn't even have those buttons.... the format is not right...