Mastodon has introduced me to the joy of reading descriptive #alttext. I take in the image then read the text as icing on the cake. It can really add extra personality to images.
I'm blind and for me alt text is the Big Special Thing about Mastodon. If someone posts a meme, I'm in on the joke. Someone shares beautifiul moss, or their cat, I'm in on the beauty or fun or whatever. I'm now 62, and this is the first time I entered a community and a culture where people grant me this kind of access and community. So grateful for people who do alt text.

@anantagd @coffee4danz thank you for sharing!

Do you have thoughts on @altbot ? I've been using it and it seems amazing to me, as it writes way better descriptions than I used to and it seems ethically run; but because of how it works you need to read its reply instead of having the alt text in the same post.

@flancian @anantagd @coffee4danz
If i use @altbot i copy the replied text instantly in the image via the edit function of mastodon.