I'm preparing a new article for #TheFutureIsFederated about the values of the Fediverse & FOSS communities (vs. Big Tech platforms). (mastodon.social)

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I'm preparing a new article for #TheFutureIsFederated about the values of the Fediverse & FOSS communities (vs. Big Tech platforms).

Something that I LOVE about the #Fediverse is the encouragement to use #AltText in pics... for accessibility / people with visual impairements / ppl using screenreaders.

I see you can add #Alttext to images posted on #Threads but where do you read those descriptions?

Or is nobody using it on Threads?

If you have an example, please LMK. Thanks! 🙏

#AskFedi

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[-] _elena@mastodon.social 2 points 4 days ago

Follow-up:

I posted a poll on Threads about #alttext (which likely nobody will see) and I replied to my own message with a photo with an alt text description.

Once the photo is published I cannot read the alt text I had written. Am I doing something wrong? The post is here: https://www.threads.net/@elenarossini/post/DAS8jb-Ntl-?xmt=AQGzU6RVWnVjBvoDGP6ft8CGHZwncy-1-vRAQxtB7ldFRA

And sorry for linking to a Meta website, but for the record I only use Threads to post messages about the #Fediverse 🤗

[-] strght@mastodon.social 1 points 4 days ago

@_elena@mastodon.social

Hard to boost… Gnmpfgrrr.

But I did ;-)

[-] _elena@mastodon.social 1 points 4 days ago

@strght@mastodon.social ha! thanks! for the record I have that app installed on a burner phone - it makes me feel so icky to have anything to do with something by Meta

[-] strght@mastodon.social 1 points 4 days ago

@_elena@mastodon.social

👍 Absolutely. Zuck sucks.

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