Christine MalecFor the first time in my life on Masto, I read alt text that made me wish the person hadn’t bothered. After a wordy post, they wrote in the alt text field something like, “I don’t really want to write alt text and train the AI for free, but okay, person holding a computer.” I’m going to assume they didn’t think about what a slap in the face this was to me, and possibly to anyone else who relies on alt text. 3 Times I started an acerbic reply and deleted it, but I’m still seething, so I’m asking anyone who is so disingenuous to just not bother; you’ll create less hard feelings that way.
Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️🌈@ChristineMalec I’m so sorry you had to read such unkind alt texts 😿
I don’t *need* alt texts to see an image, but I do appreciate when people put in *considerate* alt texts, even alt texts that go in to great lengths of description! I do try to keep my alt texts short and to the point, but with enough details so you can understand what the image is. (especially if you cannot see it) . Still, you should have good alt texts, not ones that make you annoyed or felt left out 😿 I’m sorry for that 😿🩷