Alt Text Hall of FameEveryone wins!
Askan 🇪🇺@alttexthalloffame yes, but it always means extra effort. I hope it is worth it. I have no idea if my ALT text is being used by anybody
Syphist 
@askans @alttexthalloffame as someone who is autistic, it's helpful for me as sometimes I don't understand what I'm supposed to be looking at. I also find writing alt text useful to keep my attention to detail sharp.
Jupiter Rowland@Syphist :verifiedtrans: @Askan 🇪🇺 @Alt Text Hall of Fame Unfortunately, those who also explain their images pretty much always make the mistake of doing so in alt-text. Then again, most of them are on Mastodon with a minuscule character limit, so they don't have any room for explanations in their post texts.
As for myself, everywhere that I still post images (as rarely as that happens), I'm glad to have eight-digit character limits that I don't have to worry about. I'm glad because what both my memes and my original images show is so obscure and so niche that it requires lots and lots and lots of explanation.
On the other hand, if my image posts are described and explained sufficiently enough to not be blocked by Mastodon users, they're way too long to not be blocked by Mastodon users.
At least, when I post memes, I link to external explanations whenever I can, especially KnowYourMeme for meme template explanations. Yes, some may find external links inconvenient and prefer explanations right in the post.
But seriously, the alternative to one link to KnowYourMeme might be six or seven or more explanations and well over 10,000 characters of text just for the meme template (the used meme templates, the concepts behind the meme templates, the places where these meme templates originated etc.). On top of that would come the explanation(s) of what my implementation of the meme is about. I've been there and done that.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
As for myself, everywhere that I still post images (as rarely as that happens), I'm glad to have eight-digit character limits that I don't have to worry about. I'm glad because what both my memes and my original images show is so obscure and so niche that it requires lots and lots and lots of explanation.
On the other hand, if my image posts are described and explained sufficiently enough to not be blocked by Mastodon users, they're way too long to not be blocked by Mastodon users.
At least, when I post memes, I link to external explanations whenever I can, especially KnowYourMeme for meme template explanations. Yes, some may find external links inconvenient and prefer explanations right in the post.
But seriously, the alternative to one link to KnowYourMeme might be six or seven or more explanations and well over 10,000 characters of text just for the meme template (the used meme templates, the concepts behind the meme templates, the places where these meme templates originated etc.). On top of that would come the explanation(s) of what my implementation of the meme is about. I've been there and done that.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
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