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Why can't I select between graphic previews when using the 'share this page' feature with Google+?

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Originally, just like with the Google+ sharing feature on the google website, I could toggle between graphic previews of a shared page when using the Firefox for desktop feature (i.e. the paper airplane button), or select none at all. Recently, over the past month or so (which may correlate to a Firefox update), this feature vanished, which forces me to use whatever the first graphic preview of the website is, which for the links I'm sharing on G+, is often a third-party advertisement panel (boooo!).

In the .jpg figure attached, I've circled what I call the 'graphic preview' with a red circle. (I don't know what the formal term is.) In the original behavior, arrows and an 'x' button would appear if I hovered my mouse over the preview allowing me to select to change or remove the graphic preview. Presently, nothing happens if I hover my mouse over the preview.

This issue may be true of other social media, but I only use Google Plus, so I haven't tried the others. (As hard as that may be to believe.)

Originally, just like with the Google+ sharing feature on the google website, I could toggle between graphic previews of a shared page when using the Firefox for desktop feature (i.e. the paper airplane button), or select none at all. Recently, over the past month or so (which may correlate to a Firefox update), this feature vanished, which forces me to use whatever the first graphic preview of the website is, which for the links I'm sharing on G+, is often a third-party advertisement panel (boooo!). In the .jpg figure attached, I've circled what I call the 'graphic preview' with a red circle. (I don't know what the formal term is.) In the original behavior, arrows and an 'x' button would appear if I hovered my mouse over the preview allowing me to select to change or remove the graphic preview. Presently, nothing happens if I hover my mouse over the preview. This issue may be true of other social media, but I only use Google Plus, so I haven't tried the others. (As hard as that may be to believe.)
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I could not see this as well when I tried to post a link . It just shows the preview of the page. Facebook did not have this feature either.