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   👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 05:44:55 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

   Kind reminder/request. When you're posting a link, especially to an article, could you please give some idea what it's about? This way people don't have to click on something they have no interest in, something that is slowed down by ads, or something that is just completely inaccessible. Thanks.

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:22:58 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     • endolexi

     @endolexis Mostly the client, I'd say.

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     endolexi (endolexis@masto.endolexis.com)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:22:59 JST endolexi

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     @Fragglemuppet I'm probably too Mastodon-focused, where links usually generate such a preview -- are there maybe fedi clients that don't do this?

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     James Scholes (jscholes@dragonscave.space)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 03:21:10 JST James Scholes

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     • Andre Louis

     @Fragglemuppet I 100 percent agree with this; people posting YouTube links in particular are some of the worst offenders.

     I will say though that third-party software (particularly targeted at screen reader users) doesn't help here, by truncating URLs and not making the visible previews available. On the Mastodon web UI, people can see a preview card next to most plain URLs so they know what they are without clicking, and people assume everybody will get that info when posting such links. @FreakyFwoof

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     Petra van Cronenburg (naturemc@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 20:45:13 JST Petra van Cronenburg

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     • Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

     @Maker_of_Things Unfortunately, the thumbnail+description doesn't jump up always, especially when the post has no text.

     @Fragglemuppet

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 20:45:13 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     • Petra van Cronenburg

     @NatureMC And in some clients not at all.

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     Alfred Chow - Maker of Things (maker_of_things@cupoftea.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 20:45:14 JST Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

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     @Fragglemuppet
     I will do better.
     Thank you for the nudge.

     I usually put a one line description as, on my screen, the website shows up as a thumbnail with description.

     I guess that isn't always enough information in itself, if it even appears for others.

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     sunflowerinrain (sunflowerinrain@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:06:50 JST sunflowerinrain

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     @Fragglemuppet I usually say what it is, but had assumed that links to headlines and suchlike would show up as words. Oops. Should have checked.

     Now, ought I to go back and edit?

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:06:50 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     • sunflowerinrain

     @sunflowerinrain If you want, but I'd say don't stress out over it. Just something to keep in mind going forward.

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     Koen 🇺🇦 (bonno@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:12:55 JST Koen 🇺🇦

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     @Fragglemuppet good suggestion, but ads ? You still see ads in your browser ? maybe install an addfree browser? Vivaldi, brave, ... use sponsorblock extension to not see ads included by youtuber in yourube videos, ... seeing ads can pretty easily be avoided. You can even use a pi-hole to block add on your home network. Ads is a solved problem

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     👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (fragglemuppet@fandom.ink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:12:55 JST 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

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     • Koen 🇺🇦

     @bonno I don't have that problem now usually, but other people might. And I used to, and it can really play havoc with screen readers.