BodhipaksaTaken from another account so that I could add alt text. Please don’t boost posts that lack alt text.
Snow@bodhipaksa I hate to say it but I hate when people tell us don't do something that isn't harmful yes I believe posts lacking alt text aren't helpful but they aren't physically harmful or mentally harmful It just makes it that certain people have a hard time Interacting with your posts
@snow Don't you think it's harmful to exclude people from a website that's intentionally designed for social interaction? Social exclusion is both frustrating and damaging.
Adding alt text is just a matter of a) caring about other people, and b) typing a bit of descriptive and helpful text.
We do one of those things (typing) all the time anyway. The other one — caring — if we don't do it then it would be good to work at it, for our own sake as well as others.
@bodhipaksa I don't think it's harmful because you're not excluding somebody from a whole website by not doing it you're excluding them from your own posts. I totally agree adding it is helpful but if you don't want to do it I understand and wouldn't think of them any worse. It's your choice to put alt text It's also your choice to boost posts without them nobody should be able to tell you to not do that nobody should be able to force you to not be able to
@snow You and anyone else not using alt text is excluding people with visual impairments from any images you post. You're making life harder for them, because they can't know in advance that your images are, in effect "blank." You're free to be that kind of person, but you don't have to be. You can be the kind of person who takes other people — especially those with disabilities — into account. It's your choice.