Caro S.5d ago

For my Palestinian followers: to get more boosts, add an image description to your pictures.

@FediTips has written a page on how to make your toots more accessible: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

More on how to write image descriptions:
https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-write-an-image-description-2f30d3bf5546 and
https://grem.medium.com/should-you-include-race-in-alt-text-01357b8b2367

Also tag @palestine @lemmy.ml and @palestine @fedibird.com at the end of your message, in this order otherwise the Lemmy won't work, IIRC.

Another tip: put an empty line before the row of # at the bottom of your message, and start all # words with a cap like GazaVerified.

Wishing you all safety and health. That justice prevails. Free Palestine!

@[email protected] @palestine

#FreePalestine #Gaza #accessibility #MutualAid #AltText

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@Caro S. Also tag @palestine @lemmy.ml and @palestine @fedibird.com at the end of your message, in this order otherwise the Lemmy won't work, IIRC.
You can do that. But it's safer and more compatible with Lemmy to do it this way:

First paragraph: title. Something that Mastodon doesn't support (except for external blog posts), but that's mandatory when starting a new thread on Lemmy.

Second paragraph: mention. One (1) Lemmy community can be mentioned here. To my best knowledge, Lemmy does not support crossposting to multiple communities at once.

Below that: the actual post text.

In brief:
  • The mention goes above the post text. Not at the end.
  • Only one Lemmy community can be mentioned.
  • There must be a title above the mention.
  • There must only be a title above the mention.

Illustration:
Post title <- First line: title (and only the title goes here)

@[email protected] <- Second line: one (1) mention

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed   <- Post text
do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. <- Post text
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco     <- Post text
laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute     <- Post text
irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum    <- Post text
dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat       <- Post text
cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt     <- Post text
mollit anim id est laborum.                                    <- Post text
Also: Unless you also aim for visibility on Mastodon and other places that don't support groups, i.e. if you only aim to post to Lemmy, avoid hashtags.

For one, Lemmy doesn't support hashtags. Besides, not the whole Fediverse has a culture that comes from Twitter. Lemmy's culture is 99% Reddit's culture. Reddit doesn't have hashtags either. And some Lemmy users completely flip their shit when they see hashtags, just like some Mastodon users completely flip their shit when they come across a message with over 500 characters.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hashtag #Hashtags #HashtagMeta #CWHashtagMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Lemmy
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May 23 at 9:45pmWeb