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   Maltimore (maltimore@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 18:14:15 JST Maltimore

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   • Please Caption Bot
   • Michael Porter

   @MichaelPorter
   it's somehow notoriously hard to remember to put alt-text. That's why there's a bot for that!
   Simply follow @PleaseCaption and every time you forget an alt-text, that bot will privately message you. In the beginning it was a bit annoying but by now the bot trained me well.

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     Michael Porter (michaelporter@ottawa.place)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 18:14:16 JST Michael Porter

     Folks, the alt-text efforts seem to be diminishing. I see a lot of stuff that I'd like to boost, but I've now been properly trained to expect alt-text on pictures (good, descriptive stuff that stands in for the image).

     I'm not being pushy, just trying to be considerate of the Mastodon community that has trouble with images. I tend to unfollow accounts that post images without alt text - Not as a punitive thing, but to reduce my temptation to boost them.

     carl marks repeated this.