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2024-12-06 11:17:35
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Alina Leonova
AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
Hey Mastodon, I’m running a small experiment here. Please boost for better reach ?
Do you add alt-text to your images?
Always
1591 Stimmen | 77%
Sometimes
400 Stimmen | 19%
Never
81 Stimmen | 4%
2072 Stimmen insgesamt
Umfrage ist beendet
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2024-12-06 12:06:31
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butterscotch
butterscotch@aus.social
@AlinaLeonova
describing the cat pictures is the best part
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2024-12-06 12:13:44
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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦
Methylcobalamin@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I always add
#AltText
, but since it is a PITA and I would feel bad not using alt text I tend to post
#Images
to
#Mastodon
less.
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2024-12-06 12:18:31
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Hiker
hiker@akk.fedcast.ch
@AlinaLeonova
Hey, here is
#Akkoma
in the
#Fediverse
. Yes I write them always.
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2024-12-06 12:19:33
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DJGummikuh
DJGummikuh@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Really missing a "most of the times" here ?
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2024-12-06 12:19:51
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Olivier Mehani
shtrom@piaille.fr
@stefan
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2024-12-06 13:51:27
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Stefan Bohacek
stefan@stefanbohacek.online
@shtrom
Thank you for tagging me!
I'm not too sure if polls like this are all that insightful, to be quite honest. You can always look at the results of
@AltTextHealthCheck
(see also
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/alttexthealthcheck-image-accessibility-report-1/
-- perhaps it would be useful to do another update, see if the trend has started to pick up.)
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2024-12-06 14:13:33
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Alina Leonova
AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
@stefan
Thanks, I’ll check it out and compare the results of the poll to the info I’ll get there.
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2024-12-06 15:28:14
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Robert Kingett
WeirdWriter@caneandable.social
@stefan
@shtrom
@AltTextHealthCheck
They aren’t honestly. what’s more helpful is just providing the access. If anybody actively prevents you from providing the access, that’s when you can get firm and aggressive with them. There are people on here that will actively do things like, type, purposefully left blank in the alt text field. For these kinds of people, education is never going to work because they’re providing a hostile infrastructure so for those kinds of people, I think we need to be more aggressive not less
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2024-12-06 15:59:44
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Jupiter Rowland
jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu
@
Robert Kingett
Honest question from an alt-text and image description perfectionist to a blind user: When is it actually accessible enough that whoever posts an image doesn't have to fear repercussions?
Okay, there has to be an alt-text. It has to actually describe the image. So much is clear to me.
And I guess that while at least some blind people in the Fediverse treasure whimsy higher than accuracy, others may want alt-text to be accurate.
But it looks to me like there is a rather narrow margin between alt-text with not enough details and alt-text that's too long and/or too detailed. This isn't communicated anywhere. It's unclear, too, whether that margin is always the same, or whether it shifts with the content of the image, the context and someone's individual idea of who the audience of an image post is.
And seriously, there are images that simply cannot be described in a way that's perfectly ideal and useful for absolutely everyone out there. I've posted such images in the past, and my image descriptions must have broken all length records in the Fediverse. But I think not everyone is happy about having to read through such monsters.
CC: @
Stefan Bohacek
@
Olivier Mehani
@
Alina Leonova
#
Long
#
LongPost
#
CWLong
#
CWLongPost
#
FediMeta
#
FediverseMeta
#
CWFediMeta
#
CWFediverseMeta
#
AltText
#
AltTextMeta
#
CWAltTextMeta
#
ImageDescription
#
ImageDescriptions
#
ImageDescriptionMeta
#
CWImageDescriptionMeta
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2024-12-06 12:28:21
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PitWD
CannaParts@nrw.social
@AlinaLeonova
Please add "Almost"...
I'm getting better from image to image to not forget to add a sufficient Alt-Text.
I selected "Always" cause it's definitely the goal I'll reach.
Good Alt-Text is, even for me as a sighted person, a very useful enhancement.
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2024-12-06 12:31:53
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Autoerotic Defenestration
danielaKay@mastodon.cloud
@AlinaLeonova
almost always :-)
I actually enjoy doing it, and have discovered it as sort of an art form of its own :)
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2024-12-06 12:32:32
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Priceless Planet
PrPl@todon.eu
@AlinaLeonova
Recently started ☮️
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2024-12-06 12:35:34
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Omar Bayramoglu
omar_bayramoglu@me.dm
@AlinaLeonova
I try to as much as I can.
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2024-12-06 12:36:54
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crossgolf_rebel - kostenlose Kwalitätsposts
crossgolf_rebel@moppels.bar
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
Is it good or bad that you only ask the Mastodon users in the Fediverse?
The
#Calckey
users in the Fediverse always make picture descriptions....
although anyone who uses mastodon belongs to a strange people ?
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2024-12-06 12:39:20
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Nervensäge 💐
Irisfreundin@troet.cafe
@AlinaLeonova
Not doing it is ableism.
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2024-12-06 12:40:25
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Andrew Lewis Workshop
LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online
@AlinaLeonova
always, except when I forget, or when the image is already described in the post itself.
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2024-12-06 12:41:21
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Jinni
jinni@universeodon.com
@AlinaLeonova
I need a "Tries to as much as possible but sometimes the ADD demon in my head causes me to forget" option
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2024-12-06 12:42:33
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Jabsonik
jabsonik@mstdn.social
@AlinaLeonova
@UnconventionalEmma
”Almost always” would’ve been the exactly right choice for me.
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2024-12-06 12:45:57
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zeitverschreib [glitch]
zeitverschreib@glitch.flauschbereich.de
@AlinaLeonova
Hey Alina, I’m running a small experiment here. Please boost for better reach ?
Does your question include users from other platforms, even though you mention Mastodon exclusively?
Yes
2 Stimmen | 67%
No
1 Stimme | 33%
There's more?
0 Stimmen | 0%
3 Stimmen insgesamt
Umfrage ist beendet
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2024-12-06 12:47:40
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Gillinger
Gillinger@mas.to
@AlinaLeonova
If that poll is correct then there are many more "Never"s than are owning up to it. I don't see even half the images on here with
#AltTxt
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2024-12-06 12:53:22
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Norihiori
norihiori@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
What is a "boost" ? I have "share", "Star" and "bookmark" icon only. ?
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2024-12-06 12:54:14
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groff
geoffl@mastodon.me.uk
@AlinaLeonova
I try to but I don't always. I've ended up often deleting pictures or whole toots because I'm not happy with the alt text, or it's taking 10 minutes to write and rewrite and one finger typing on a phone with my massive hands is horrible. On the plus side I waste less time on mastodon now, as does everyone else who benefits from me not taking up space on their timeline.
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2024-12-06 12:54:29
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Bauarbeiter* for Future
BauarbeiterforFuture@mas.to
@AlinaLeonova
I don’t understand how to be part of the fediverse and how it works. No one seems to care about our posts. so we seldomly post pictures.
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2024-12-06 12:55:13
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Moved
risottobias@tech.lgbt
@AlinaLeonova
mostly or almost always
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2024-12-06 12:55:21
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Christian Vogel
vogelchr@chaos.social
@AlinaLeonova
almost always, there’s a strong expectation on chaos.social to do so, it doesn’t cost me much extra time.
From time to time it’s broken on iPhone (buttons to save are not reachable), then I don’t.
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2024-12-06 12:57:50
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Liminal witch 🧙♀️ Sarah
xgebi@hachyderm.io
@AlinaLeonova
if I describe the image in the body of toot, is it considered as alt-text?
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2024-12-06 13:00:56
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Ms. Denie
A_denie@toot.io
@AlinaLeonova
I have been known to forget, so "sometimes"
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2024-12-06 13:02:17
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sahqon
sahqon@beige.party
@AlinaLeonova
Usually, except when I already described everything in normal text anyway and the picture is just a flavor.
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2024-12-06 13:03:25
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Estarriol, lucozade dragon
Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot
@AlinaLeonova
well I try to always......
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2024-12-06 13:27:51
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Kees van Malssen
KFvMalssen@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
On my own posts I always add alt-text.
When boosting posts, alt-text being present helps. I don't exclude all posts without AT from boosting, but quite a few.
To balance out: sometimes I present an
#Alt4you
in a reply. So I also look in the replys before boosting (or before suggesting AT)
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2024-12-06 13:31:41
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Tyr
Tyr@nerdculture.de
@AlinaLeonova
I rarely ever post images, but when I do, I try to add decent alt text.
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2024-12-06 13:33:50
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leberschnitzel
leberschnitzel@existiert.ch
@AlinaLeonova
@PleaseCaption
has helped me to stick to it
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2024-12-06 13:37:13
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Schafstelze 🎗🖤
Dingsextrem@mas.to
@AlinaLeonova
the 4% choosing 'never': Please block me. Seriously.
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2024-12-06 13:46:38
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Marcos Dione
mdione@en.osm.town
@AlinaLeonova
"most of the time". Also,
#phanpy
nags you if you don't.
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2024-12-06 13:47:51
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Chroniques autistes 🇨🇦
adelinej@piaille.fr
@AlinaLeonova
Almost being disabled, and when I can’t I use the
#Alt4Me
because there are always nice people happy to help. ❤️
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2024-12-06 13:51:32
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Jakob Thoböll - R.I.P. Natenom
jakob_thoboell@kirche.social
@AlinaLeonova
always. except, Ehen Outdoors with very cold fingers. Than I add them back at home.
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2024-12-06 13:53:00
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NaClKnight is still Black AF
NaClKnight@c.im
Sometimes. If I'm posting a reply meme or gif in an existing conversation, or a post that isn't meant to be seen by many people i typically don't add alt text to those
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2024-12-06 13:53:10
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Alt Text Hall of Fame
alttexthalloffame@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
You might find
@AltTextHealthCheck
interesting!
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2024-12-06 13:53:21
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Space Hobo
spacehobo@teh.entar.net
@AlinaLeonova
I don't add alt-text to direct replies to people I know, unless I also know that they aren't fully-sighted.
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2024-12-06 14:09:05
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Alina Leonova
AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
A few people pointed out that I should have asked Fediverse, not Mastodon. Sorry, my bad. I won’t edit the post now because when I did it in the past it reset the poll. If you see the poll, assume I’m asking you, even if you’re not on Mastodon ?
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2024-12-06 14:16:54
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Karb 💎
karb@bark.lgbt
@AlinaLeonova
Depends:
To main posts: usually yes.
In response to another user: usually no.
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2024-12-06 14:20:37
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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
@AlinaLeonova
I always add it, but I generally use a full size computer (laptop) for Fediverse. I find it harder to do so when using a mobile phone (but I still add it), although that might simply be because I am old ?
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2024-12-06 14:23:29
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SofaKingHigh
Buthowhighishigh@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I always mean to, I sometimes forget
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2024-12-06 14:30:44
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Arioch
Arioch@framapiaf.org
@AlinaLeonova
I never post images so i don't have to fill the alt text /o\
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2024-12-06 14:35:43
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alice dj
alicedejoux@piaille.fr
@AlinaLeonova
If I forget, a bot reminds it to me and I edit the picture.
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2024-12-06 14:38:30
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Cthulhu
dj_cthulhu@toot.wales
@AlinaLeonova
To be fair though I've only posted one image so far.
#AltText
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2024-12-06 14:38:31
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rostundrad
rostundrad@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
when i want to Post a picture there ist in most situations No Time top add an alt-text. So i don't use Pictures at the Phone.
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2024-12-06 14:51:12
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disorganized tropical low
StephanieMoore@mastodon.online
@AlinaLeonova
for survey sampling, this type of question is likely to over-sample for the first two and under sample for the third option as people self-select on whether to participate.
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2024-12-06 14:54:08
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Schroedinger
SteveClough@metalhead.club
@AlinaLeonova
I put sometimes, because I sometimes forget. But my aim is to say Always. I try to always do this.
Because I know that for many people it helps.
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2024-12-06 14:54:52
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Alexa Devreux-Swift
alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space
@AlinaLeonova
it is derigeur no?
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2024-12-06 14:55:00
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Goku_curitibano :anarchy:
goku_curitibano@capivarinha.club
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
@altbot@fuzzies.wtf
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2024-12-06 15:09:32
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C. R. Collins
crcollins@writing.exchange
@AlinaLeonova
I've actually found it helpful for including additional information/ making things clearer.
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2024-12-06 15:15:45
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stux⚡
stux@mstdn.social
@AlinaLeonova
Always ✅
I kinda wanna set the right example
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2024-12-06 15:24:54
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Ketakater
Ketakater@social.vivaldi.net
@AlinaLeonova
heretic question - in times of AI, does it make a lot of sense to do manual image descriptions? Can't screen readers create them on the fly?
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2024-12-06 15:25:02
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Mnemonicman
Mnemonicman@kind.social
@AlinaLeonova
Didn't used to but getting into the habit lately.
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2024-12-06 15:29:29
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Bruce Elrick
virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
@AlinaLeonova
Often but not always
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2024-12-06 15:32:05
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Apicultor 🐝
apicultor@hachyderm.io
@AlinaLeonova
If only "nearly always" had been an option.
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2024-12-06 15:33:55
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Andy Warburton ❌❌❌
andy_warb@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I always try. Sometimes I forget but I do my best!
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2024-12-06 15:37:18
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Rachel Greenham
StrangeNoises@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
@Dianora
always, but only because i have the client set to remind me. if I didn't have that i'd probably forget most times.
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2024-12-06 15:43:32
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Michelle Hughes
MegaMichelle@a2mi.social
@AlinaLeonova
Not only do I always alt-text my images, I sometimes alt-text other people's images with the Alt4you hashtag.
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2024-12-06 15:45:34
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Ángela Stella Matutina
angelastella@social.treehouse.systems
@AlinaLeonova
Hell, I even add unsolicited alt text to images I didn't upload now and then. (And if they don't add it, I boost just my description, because I'm a passive-agressive bitch.)
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2024-12-06 15:46:00
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D2
cascheranno@hachyderm.io
@AlinaLeonova
allllmost always.
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2024-12-06 15:46:40
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ferricoxide
ferricoxide@evil.social
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
More a situational type of question: if I'm posting from my laptop, then I strive to always add alt-text. If I'm posting from my phone, then it's
significantly
less so.
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2024-12-06 15:48:46
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Your Weirdness
Weirdaholic@snowmans.land
@AlinaLeonova
voted "sometimes" becuase, I do it most of the time, but not "always".
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2024-12-06 15:48:53
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Dragon
Dragon@toast.dragon2611.net
@AlinaLeonova
Sometimes - I usually do (even if they're AI generated from the icecubes intergration) but I can't say I always remember to do it.
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2024-12-06 15:50:03
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Mike Taylor 🦕
mike@sauropods.win
@AlinaLeonova
(The true answer is NEARLY always: I'm not perfect. But I voted for "always".)
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2024-12-06 15:53:27
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mausmalone
mausmalone@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Had to say "sometimes" because I do slip up, but I /aim for/ "always."
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2024-12-06 15:58:23
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crazyeddie
crazyeddie@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I write computer software for a living so I almost never remember to put ALT text.
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2024-12-06 15:58:39
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The Sleight Doctor 🃏
ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
@AlinaLeonova
The one time I've ever forgot to add alt-text, was of course the one time some self-appointed HOA asshole decided to police me for being exclusionary towards the blind or partially sighted. ?
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
Chigaze@mstdn.ca
@AlinaLeonova
@Dianora
Where by always I mean the vast majority of the time. There are occasions where it’s not immediately possible.
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2024-12-06 16:16:23
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Thin Crust Tavern Cut
GregArcus@mastodon.world
@AlinaLeonova
Voted always but I am not perfect.
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2024-12-06 16:18:59
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wendivibe
wendinoakland@beige.party
@AlinaLeonova
I follow
@alt_text
— they send a polite private note if you forget to write a photo description blurb. ♥️
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2024-12-06 16:30:08
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Richard Eriksson
sillygwailo@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Always. It slows me down (which is fine, but it still feels like a trade-off sometimes, or maybe I can just try to get quicker at it), and I worry that it feeds AI (not only that, but I worry that I’m writing alt text as if AI were writing it). Never any jokes or burying of information in alt text (though I worry that I’m adding inflation in the alt text that belongs in the post).
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Marvin
ClaudetteK@appdot.net
@AlinaLeonova
I said sometimes, because I always try to add alt-text, but sometimes it doesn’t take and erases the text when I post. Not sure why that is.
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Breaking.Impossible
BreakingImpossible@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I often post with a service that sends to...many other feeds.
It doesn't support alt text. ?
@CA_Hawthorne
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2024-12-06 16:36:37
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Olivia
fern_wind@body.social
@AlinaLeonova
I hope my alt text are helpful. It is difficult for me to know what I should write.
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2024-12-06 16:43:53
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tusooa :arevbunhdowohop: 西风 :artistsAgainstMastodonDotArt:
tusooa@kazv.moe
@AlinaLeonova
not on mastodon, but always add alt text
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2024-12-06 16:44:20
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Henning Paul DC4HP
hennichodernich@radiosocial.de
@AlinaLeonova
Always, but not voluntarily.
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2024-12-06 17:01:03
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Support GrapheneOS 667
SupportGrapheneOS_667@social.tchncs.de
@AlinaLeonova
This is the only exception i am using a bot: Alt Bot
Giving useful descriptions of my pics which i usually forgot in the past. ?
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2024-12-06 17:05:18
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Momo
momo@social.linux.pizza
@AlinaLeonova
I rarely don't add alt-text to images, in those cases I post something I want to show only to a certain person. Besides that I rather not post a picture before I post something without alt-text. There were cases where I just link to an older toot of mine with a picture (with alt-text) instead of re-posting it, because I'm too lazy to put in the alt-text again.
I wish I could put alt-text into a metadata fiels of a picture instead of typing it on the fly when posting.
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2024-12-06 17:06:44
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Brian Dear
brianstorms@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Missed one:
○ Mute accounts talking about alt-text
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2024-12-06 17:08:31
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Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:
kimlockhartga@beige.party
@AlinaLeonova
I want to hear from the "never" folks, not to berate them, but to find out why. Maybe some of them would be willing to send you a private message?
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2024-12-06 17:08:35
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Cookiefiend
LPerry2@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I don't post many images, and when I do, it's generally of my cats. I enjoy writing alt text descriptions of them.
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2024-12-06 17:11:28
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ꙮ liilliil 🇫🇯🇱🇨🇱🇧
liilliil@mastodon.online
@AlinaLeonova
у нас бот для этого
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2024-12-06 17:12:42
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The Great Llama :fuck_verify:
TheGreatLlama@kolektiva.social
@AlinaLeonova
I suspect the people interested enough to answer are also going to be the people who care enough to add alt-text.
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2024-12-06 17:17:16
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jonathanpeterson
jonathanpeterson@hachyderm.io
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Biggest problem I have with adding alt-text was the realization that doing so is helping train AI.
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2024-12-06 17:22:18
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bjb :devuannew: :emacs:
bjb@fosstodon.org
@AlinaLeonova
I go the extra step and add alt text (or at least compose it and make it available) for other people's images too.
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2024-12-06 17:22:22
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Becky
RenewedRebecca@oldbytes.space
@AlinaLeonova
@Gustodon
I think "mostly" would be a better indicator than "sometimes".
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2024-12-06 17:29:19
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JotaLuis ツ
jotaluis@mastodon.social
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Voted always, but I do it most of the times.
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2024-12-06 17:40:08
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ghostdancer
ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org
@AlinaLeonova
I even try no to boost images without alt-text though sometimes, more than I'd like to admit, I fail miserably at that.
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2024-12-06 17:42:42
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nina
coffeebean@metalhead.club
@AlinaLeonova
the megamind meme. he's a cartoon-person with blue skin. in this meme, you see him from slightly above, and he's raising his eyebrows and looking at you. he looks condescending and as if he was mocking you with a question. top text: what. bottom text: no image description?
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2024-12-06 17:43:49
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Szescstopni
Szescstopni@circumstances.run
@AlinaLeonova
I might have had some slip-ups early on, but now it's always. Even if it means that I post less images. I sometimes wrote alt-text back on Twitter years ago.
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2024-12-06 17:49:59
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James Umbanhowar
jumbanho@mas.to
@AlinaLeonova
Almost always, but voted sometimes
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2024-12-06 17:56:36
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kroy
kroyio@mastodon.kroy.io
@AlinaLeonova
I always do now after seeing people I follow complain about it.
It makes total sense and something as a fully-sighted person I am blind to unless I practice.
Okay, that was a horrible pun. I apologize
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2024-12-06 18:00:03
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Trinsec
trinsec@trinsec.org
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
I'm not on Mastodon, so I won't vote. But I always add alt-text.
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2024-12-06 18:00:04
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Kevin Karhan :verified:
kkarhan@infosec.space
@AlinaLeonova
#NoAltTextNoBoost
!!!
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2024-12-06 18:02:52
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Kevin Morgan
Jvmguy@mindly.social
@AlinaLeonova
I don’t really post images (I might have rarely), but I plan to add alt text if I do.
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2024-12-06 18:02:54
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Syphilia Morgenstierne
syphilia@kafeneio.social
@AlinaLeonova
"Always" like in "Always in principle except for a very few times when I'm in a hurry or something distracts me" - i.e. 98% and with very bad conscience for those 2
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2024-12-06 18:04:50
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Bill
w_b@mastodon.world
@AlinaLeonova
I've posted one image and added alt text to it. I'm batting 1000!
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2024-12-06 18:07:02
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Jeff Atwood
codinghorror@infosec.exchange
@AlinaLeonova
I try to always but sometimes I don't have the mental bandwidth to, and I am sorry
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2024-12-06 18:15:25
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Entropy
ententropy@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I didn't know what alt-text was, or that it even existed before I joined Mastodon.
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2024-12-06 18:26:43
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ajf
clumpytree@c.im
@AlinaLeonova
usually I will first forget and then the
@PleaseCaption
will remind me to add the alt text.
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2024-12-06 18:30:05
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Michael Kohlman
NoRomBasic@mastodon.world
@AlinaLeonova
Sometimes, but working towards always...
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2024-12-06 18:33:30
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Shafik Yaghmour
shafik@hachyderm.io
@AlinaLeonova
I started always adding them when some folks I followed explained how important it is for some folks usability.
I never realized it but once I did, it totally makes sense and I want my posts to be accessible.
I don't know I always do a great job of it through.
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2024-12-06 18:36:27
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Paul McO'Smith III
pavsmith@theblower.au
@AlinaLeonova
when the picture tells a 1000 words and i run out of explanation at 1000 characters.
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2024-12-06 18:57:56
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xinit ☕
xinit@mastodon.coffee
@AlinaLeonova
I also won't boost images without alt-text.
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2024-12-06 19:07:54
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Jean
jeanv@mastodon.gamedev.place
@AlinaLeonova
I only usually add alt text because I sometimes use decorative images. I've read that decorative images aren't meant to have descriptive alt text.
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2024-12-06 19:18:17
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Ben Deutsch 🌊
5RhythmsBen@ravenation.club
@AlinaLeonova
The best advice I ever received about
#AltText
is to ask yourself "If I hadn't been able to post an image, what text would I have added to my post instead?"
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2024-12-06 19:34:30
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Ilobmirt
ilobmirt@tech.lgbt
@AlinaLeonova
More often than sometimes. When I don't, I tend to be out and about live on the ground during the trip.
When I get the time to sit down and prepare a message, always.
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2024-12-06 19:50:37
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EUCWolf
EUCWolf@bark.lgbt
@AlinaLeonova
in the couple of cases where I have not, it is because I have clearly described the image in the post, and I make the alt text something like "Image description in post"
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2024-12-06 19:53:32
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Stephanie Bryant (she)
mortaine@dice.camp
@AlinaLeonova
Usually. And when someone makes me aware that I forgot, I always go back and add them in.
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2024-12-06 20:01:18
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Judy Anderson
nosrednayduj@hachyderm.io
@AlinaLeonova
My photo posts are often delayed by feeling the need to describe them well. Which is not a terrible thing. Thoughtfulness over instantaneous response!
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2024-12-06 20:05:02
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Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :ablobfoxbongohyper:
freeplay@wetdry.world
@AlinaLeonova
if i don't it's usually under a "no alt" content warning
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2024-12-06 20:16:22
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Koos van den Hout PE4KH
PE4KH@mastodon.radio
@AlinaLeonova
I'm close to "Always" so I picked that one.
The habit of adding alt-text on Mastodon has also taught me to make a difference in alt-text and mouseover-title. alt-text makes the image accessible ('map of world with contacts by PE4KH in CQWW DX CW contest'), mouseover is for context for sighted visitors ('Contacts by PE4KH in CQWW DX CW contest').
The average sighted visitor recognizes the world map but may not understand the dots and lines on it.
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2024-12-06 20:20:36
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everypizza (nyx)
ep@booping.synth.download
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
i always do it except when i'm really tired and probably shouldn't even be awake, yet alone on fedi. and when i'm too tired to, i almost always edit the post and add alt text in the mornyan. mostly because i use a screen reader myself (because of inyability to read, not inyability to see).
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2024-12-06 20:23:26
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the Hearth :therian:
Hearth@plush.city
@AlinaLeonova
would "always for public-facing stuff, sometimes for private things intended for a specific person we know does not particularly care about alt-text for their own use" count as always, or as sometimes?
-F
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2024-12-06 20:25:52
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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:
SimonCHulse@mastodon.nz
@AlinaLeonova
somewhere between sometimes and always.
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2024-12-06 20:26:29
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mr_daemon
mr_daemon@untrusted.website
@AlinaLeonova
Honestly the second I became aware that people with reduced or no sight were on there and making use of the alt text, it became very difficult not to.
Like, it is of so little cost and inconvenience to me, ultimately. If I balk at describing what I'm posting for someone who can't see, then maybe it wasn't worth posting in the first place.
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2024-12-06 20:48:57
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Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️
the5thColumnist@mstdn.ca
@AlinaLeonova
Yes ,but very limited. I'm a photographer not a prose writer so I write what the photo is (e.g. "a tree in the forest") but I don't try to write a detailed description of the tree.
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2024-12-06 20:53:26
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Gary "grim" Kramlich
grimmy@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Sometimes I forget and have to go back and edit, but yeah :)
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2024-12-06 20:55:39
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Chaotic_stegosaurus
Chaotic_stegosaurus@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I don’t if it is abstract art I made, I don’t know how to easily describe the abstract art in a few words. If anyone has a fix for this let me know!
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2024-12-06 21:01:23
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Erik (OLD ACCOUNT)
erikcats@warhammer.social
@AlinaLeonova
I'd like to know if there's anything between always and sometimes
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2024-12-06 21:04:18
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Feli
xepia_@social.bau-ha.us
@AlinaLeonova
I have a policy not to interact with toots that did not add alt text.
(sim, the fav you gave me for this on Tw*tter shall never be forgotten.)
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2024-12-06 21:19:28
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MrGrumpyMonkey
mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
I choose "sometimes" due to the fact there's nothing to add to some images. But, I do in fact, attempt to do so in general. It makes me flex that brain muscle of mine that's been oh so dormant.
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2024-12-06 21:20:54
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Philip Cardella
philip_cardella@historians.social
@AlinaLeonova
I'd say usually more than always or sometimes. I try to always.
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2024-12-06 21:44:30
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Jeff C. 🇺🇦
jeff@indieweb.social
@AlinaLeonova
@tchambers
One nice feature in
@MonaApp
is that you can set it to remind you to add alt text if you forget to do so.
I try to always add alt text, but I’m a forgetful person. This has saved me from accidentally neglecting to add it — something I used to do often — on a number of occasions.
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2024-12-06 21:48:05
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Jana
zenja@chaos.social
@AlinaLeonova
mostly for public ones, but not in reply’s to someone
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2024-12-06 21:50:35
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58692 lunya :3 :neocat_floof_flag_trans:
sleepybisexual@fearness.org
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
I do it. but will skip if its a dm
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2024-12-06 22:12:54
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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦
deborahh@cosocial.ca
@AlinaLeonova
an intereresting corollory poll might be:
do you *boost* images WITHOUT alt text?
(Maybe needs to be multiple choice?)
* yes
* no
* rarely
* I add alt text when boosting image without alt text
* I message the OP saying: thanks, and I'd boost it if it had alt text
There may be other useful options … like related to
#alttext4me
and
#alttext4u
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2024-12-06 22:14:14
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Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹
Anibyl@social.coop
@AlinaLeonova
Always, unless I forget ?
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2024-12-06 22:37:22
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rmikke
rmikke@en.osm.town
@AlinaLeonova
Where is the option "Mostly"? Just sometimes it's a few times more work than the whole post...
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2024-12-06 22:52:01
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Molytov
molytov@infosec.exchange
@AlinaLeonova
There's probably been times where I've forgotten, but I try to remember to add alt-text whenever I can.
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2024-12-06 22:54:36
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Lars Fosdal
LarsFosdal@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Most of the time. And if I forget, I get a friendly reminder to add it - sometimes even with a perfect suggestion.
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2024-12-06 23:33:33
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Peter Kisner ≈
PTR_K@dice.camp
@AlinaLeonova
To be clear: I always add alt text when I post something myself, but I don't check messages I boost to make sure if they already have alt text or not.
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2024-12-07 00:02:27
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Siegfried S
luftkopf@aus.social
@AlinaLeonova
Writing alt text descriptions for photos I take uses more mental resources than I usually have available, so I end up not posting them, and keep using Instagram.
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2024-12-07 00:24:40
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thefathippy
thefathippy@mastodon.world
@AlinaLeonova
But...
I occasionally boost un-alt-texted images
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2024-12-07 00:47:31
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rainey 🌻
raineyday@mstdn.games
@AlinaLeonova
Always, with an asterisk.
Rarely, if I'm helping someone troubleshoot or otherwise figure something out, and I include a screenshot to show them what I see, I might not include alt text. The image is not intended for anyone but that person and I don't expect my toot to be boosted to a wider audience. Also, if I'm expending brainpower to help someone with something, I might not have the spoons to spend on alt text.
But when I'm posting for all to see, I take the time to make sure my alt text is up to snuff. Depending on my spoons situation, I might get very detailed or I might just cover the essentials, but I make sure it's useful.
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2024-12-07 01:06:00
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Phil Knall
philknall@mastodon.social
@AlinaLeonova
Most of the time, except when it's a friends-only post or the content is already mentioned in the post.
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2024-12-07 03:04:36
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:mima_rule: Mima-sama
mima@makai.chaotic.ninja
@AlinaLeonova@wandering.shop
I'm more "almost always" tbh. I just skip the alt text if the post itself explains and describes the image well-enough
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2024-12-07 04:08:11
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Ivan Sagalaev
isagalaev@social.seattle.wa.us
@AlinaLeonova
I answered "Always", but the real answer is "most of the time unless it's really bothersome, or it doesn't matter".
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2024-12-07 04:30:19
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nLupo :anarchist_flag: :antrans_flag:
nlupo@amikejo.xyz
@AlinaLeonova
It's not always, but I try to remember to add an alt-text.
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