🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)6h ago

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're yelling at a person on Fedi for not using #AltText, stop. Please.

Should you use alt-text? Yes!

Should you boost posts without alt-text? No!

Should you yell at companies and bots who don't use alt-text? Fuck yeah!

Should you try your best to make Fedi a more accessible, and safe place for everyone—including those who have trouble writing alt-text? Of course.

Should you mention @altbot or #Alt4Me *occasionally* so folx know they're both wonderful tools that can help make Fedi a more inclusive place? It would be impolite not to.

But—and let me make this clear—don't be a dick to folx who forget alt-text, or who have trouble writing it for whatever reason; it's not very punk of you.

Show threadJoscelyn Transpiring
@alice @altbot given that the majority of people are on the feddy because they have a problem with authority or people trying to control how they use things, it is literally the exactly wrong demographic to try to yell at people to change their behavior. Instead, appeal to their anti-authoritarian tendencies by pointing out how shitty mainstream social media spaces are to disabled people and you know this cool way people can stick it to Zuckerberg and Elon, and it just takes 10 seconds to do.
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Show threadRandom Walsh4h ago
@JoscelynTransient @alice @altbot *given that the majority of people on feddy are people, that is human beings with soul and brains and stuff.
Show threadD. G. Marshall3h ago

@JoscelynTransient @alice @altbot

I have written alt text as my reply to posts lacking alt text.

So far, no negative responses from the original poster, and several positive responses.