James ScholesNov 19, 2022
As a #ScreenReader user, I find #hashtags at the end of a post to be suboptimal. As I'm unable to visually scan, I don't know that you haven't written anything after the hashtags, and hence have to choose between: listening to them anyway, or being okay with potentially missing content. When written inline within the flow of your text, this problem doesn't occur. #accessibility #a11y
Show threadBill Bittner (he/him)Nov 20, 2022
@jscholes How about at the beginning?
Also, when I create a CW, I put hashtags of what the post is about in the title.
Show threadJames ScholesNov 20, 2022
@billybitts A group of hashtags at the beginning of the post would, I think, be difficult for many people to deal with, and greatly decrease the readability of the content. Unless they are just words within your post that you've turned into inline hashtags.
Show threadBill Bittner (he/him)Nov 20, 2022
@jscholes interesting. I thought having 3-4 at the beginning enables you to know what the post is about so you can decide to read it or not. Or, can screen readers search for all the hashtags that are in the text naturally and read them first?
Show threadJames ScholesNov 20, 2022
@billybitts They can't currently do that, no. I would personally rather start reading the natural text of a post, then give up half way through, than have to wade through hashtags at the start of each one.
Show threadBill Bittner (he/him)
@jscholes
That makes sense. If the post is well written, the beginning of it should give the reader an idea what it's about.
Nov 20, 2022 at 8:24pmWeb