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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 05:48:43 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   *Those aren't "signs." Those are algorithms. Otherwise I wouldn't get an automatized algorithmic scoldiing for posting this screencap of your Mastodon scolding

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     Rachel Rawlings (linuxandyarn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 06:00:45 JST Rachel Rawlings

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     @bruces It's not an algorithm in the sense of Meta or Xitter pushing content. It's just a simple check to see whether an image has alt text.

     But you know this. And I also believe you know it's not "free labor" to post alt text for an image any more than it's "free labor" to post at all. #AltText is "giving a shit about people with disabilities" and blind folks use the fediverse because despite your belligerent grandstanding, other people do.

     But you know this. And now, why I'm unfollowing you.