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2025-12-30 17:58:03

GPJohnston@mastodon.social

Why is it that Pixelfed people rarely add #AltText? I truly don't know. I joined it awhile back to have an instance option but don't use it and probably will dump it. 🤨

2025-12-30 20:55:29

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Greg Johnston Because most went Instagram -> Pixelfed without ever having been on Mastodon.

As opposed to Twitter -> Mastodon -> being lectured about Mastodon's culture -> Pixelfed.

Not everyone in the Fediverse has first been on Mastodon. For example, many Friendica users came from Facebook, and they did so long before Mastodon was even launched. Most Hubzilla users got there from Friendica after having been on Facebook first.

Both Friendica and Hubzilla have their very own cultures that predate Mastodon's, and they will never throw away their own cultures in favour of Mastodon's. For that'd also mean abstaining from most of their own features because Mastodon's culture either doesn't cover these features or explicitly forbids them.

Just in case you wonder why image posts from one of these rarely have alt-texts.

(Sent from Hubzilla)

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Friendica #Hubzilla #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #MastodonCulture