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   XKCD Bot (xkcd@mastodon.com.br)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 03:00:28 JST XKCD Bot

   #3140 - Biology Department

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     Gustavo (qgustavor@urusai.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 03:01:50 JST Gustavo

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     @xkcd I wonder how has been how many days since I saw someone complaining about the abuse of alt text on Mastodon.

     In the case of the XKCD Bot, that's responsibility of Randall of abusing the title tag from <img> element which was meant to work like alt text, but is used for commentary/joke continuation.

     I like that the people behind the bot always updates posts with a proper alt text while still leaving Randall's title text. About the "alt text purists", from those who are really "alt text" users (e.g. people that use screen readers, or use alt text because mental issues make it too hard for them to recognize image patterns, or have slow internet and use alt text because images don't load) I would like to hear suggestions from them, or if they are fine with this kind of usage.