Gordon AnthonyJul 2, 2023
It’s great that more people are moving to Mastodon, but that influx has already resulted in far more posts with pictures that have no Alt Text description.
If you’ve just moved here, please bear in mind that there are a lot of visually impaired screen reader users here, and because Mastodon is far more inclusive than Twitter, it is considered polite to describe what your pictures show. Thank you, and welcome to a nicer social media platform. Please help keep it that way.
Show threadDale Reardon
@BlindGordon I guess the community could change the Activity Pub API to refuse to accept images with a blank alt text field & then software tools could popup an alert to fill it out
Jul 3, 2023 at 6:31amWeb
Show threadGordon AnthonyJul 3, 2023
@dalereardon If that can be done, it might help, although I suspect that there will always be some people who find ways around that by simply typing some random letters in the description field. Fortunately, most folk coming to Mastodon do seem to get into the habit once they learn about the feature. I simply unfollow or even block those who refuse.
Show threadDale ReardonJul 3, 2023
@BlindGordon At the very least a reminder popup would be great provided it is turned on by default rather than Twitter where it is off by default & you have to manually turn the reminder on
Show threadGordon AnthonyJul 3, 2023
@dalereardon Absolutely. I’m told there are Mastodon bots which will do that, but again people need to find and follow them. An automatic prompt would be a great improvement.