Lori Emersonfinally, Wendell Berry's standards for technological innovation--truly as relevant now as they were in 1987 #othernetworks
Aaro Koskinen@loriemerson 10. Never post an image/screenshot if you can type the same in plain text.
James@DrJLecter Thanks for advice, but none of my posts rely on the attached image content, so alt text is irrelevant for me and same for the reader.
Alistair K@aakoskin @DrJLecter Some of us struggle to know that without alt text to convey it, alas.
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ@aakoskin @DrJLecter If the image is so irrelevant — why attach one?
@Mabande @DrJLecter "If the image is so irrelevant — why attach one?"
That's a very good question.
Possibily the reason is that earlier platforms like Twitter rewarded such posts, and also if you have a picture it gets people's attention in their feeds.
Personally I would like text-only Internet, like it used to be. Maybe I should try posting without any pictures, and see if it makes any difference.
@aakoskin you are on Mastodon. You have options because here are no algorithms, just real who prefer not to interact with people who behave like they're on twitter:
1) put Alt Text into your pictures to treat blind people the same as the people who can actually see what is in your image
2) stop adding pictures in the first place if you think they're irrelevant anyway
And most important:
3) stop jumping into people's replies just to be rude
I think that will better your experience here profoundly.
1) put Alt Text into your pictures to treat blind people the same as the people who can actually see what is in your image
2) stop adding pictures in the first place if you think they're irrelevant anyway
And most important:
3) stop jumping into people's replies just to be rude
I think that will better your experience here profoundly.