I read a post on here from someone who needs the alt text on images to be able to engage with posts. I've found the instructions to add alt text and it's not exactly great UI so it's possible posters are missing it. Here's the article: https://edtechfactotum.com/adding-alt-text-and-more-to-images-in-mastodon/
You have to edit the image after selecting it.
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Adding alt text (and more) to images in Mastodon

April 27 2022 update: I originally wrote this post in late 2020 but it sat in my unpublished drafts page and never got published. Today with the influx of new users joining Mastodon it seems like i…

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In #Fediverse is there a way to link to and display an external image in your post or is that a security/privacy/ethical issue? #askFedi

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