Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Pcottle (pcottle@cyberplace.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Apr-2024 02:01:44 JST Pcottle

   • atomicpoet
   • Fediverse News
   • Adam

   @mosseri @atomicpoet @zuck @fediversenews

   the alt-text in this case is:

   "Photo by Jo on April 05, 2024. May be a Twitter screenshot of 2 people and text that says 'Jo @JoJoFromJerz … Donald Trump was the president when the entire planet was hit with a once in a lifetime historic pandemic. But, ok. Marjorie Taylor Greene... @mtgreenee Follow God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. pray that our country listens.'."

   • Embed this notice
     Pcottle (pcottle@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 21:44:17 JST Pcottle

     in reply to

     • atomicpoet

     @atomicpoet See my post here for clarification on the clients bit:
     https://cyberplace.social/@pcottle/112231536503756161

     That being said, ML-generated alt text should be available in the API now! Just verified on my end. Your feedback is heard :) We've always exposed user-provided alt text but that's not always provided.

     Let me know if you have any theories on why this URL can't be rendered.

   • Embed this notice
     atomicpoet (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 21:44:18 JST atomicpoet

     in reply to

     • Adam

     @pcottle @mosseri This is not a Mastodon client. It’s how Pleroma, Akkoma, and other forks display images from Threads.

     And yes, I’ve tested this on multiple front-ends and clients—same result. Other people running Akkoma and Pleroma report the same thing.

     Both Akkoma and Pleroma, by the way, utilize Mastodon’s API.

     One further thing: behind Mastodon and Misskey, Pleroma/Akkoma is the third most used microblogging server software on the Fediverse, particularly popular with people who run small servers and care about resource efficiency. It’s used by around 200,000 people. As more people run their own servers, it will likely be even more popular in the future.