LiteralGrillSep 4, 2023

I see people on my timeline now and then grumpy that people are trying to encourage others to use alt-text, sometimes saying people are "too pushy" or they "deserve to be able to post in peace."

So folks actively work together for once to advocate for accessibility for disabled people and your primary complaint is that it's annoying so stop? I hope folks wake up and realize how fucked up that is.

ESPECIALLY when tons of people refuse to wear masks leaving us stuck in our homes where social media is a godsend for having community.

I'd have loved to see these folks' reactions when people in wheelchairs were using sledge hammers to put in curb cuts back in the day. Maybe we gotta bring that kind of energy back. #Disablity #DisabilityJustice

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Mastodon should add a feature that allows anyone to write an alt text and submit it to OP for approval.

That way those that care a lot about this can do it themselves and all OP has to do is read and approve it.

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@plasma4045 Why not simply require alt-text on all posts? Extremely easy to implement, right?

The "convenience" of abled folks to just post shouldn't be more important than disabled people having access. This is why people are angry and bothering people to do it.

Sep 4, 2023 at 2:54pmWeb
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Who’s checking to make sure it’s accurate? That’s impossible.

For example, sites that require my email to read an article get “[email protected]”. It’s not good data.

That’s the type of stuff you get when you require more steps to do something people are used to doing quickly.