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The Democrats are the undisputed masters of gaslighting (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 days ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just because you have an ignorant, self-indulgent opinion, doesn't mean they're wrong.

A leftist should at least put their values into practice in their online conduct by setting alt text.

By lacking accessibility, this image of pure text sustains a pattern of systemic discriminatory exclusion.Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:

  • usability
    • we can't quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
    • text search is unavailable
    • the system can't
      • reflow text to varied screen sizes
      • vary presentation (size, contrast)
      • vary modality (audio, braille)
  • accessibility
    • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
    • some users can't read the image due to lack of alt text (markdown image description)
    • users can't adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
    • systems can't read the text to them or send it to braille devices
  • searchability: the "text" isn't indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
  • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
    • image breaks
    • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Just because you have an ignorant, self-indulgent opinion, doesn't mean they're wrong.

True. Fact is that I don't, though, and they ARE in fact wrong.

a leftist should at least put their values into practice in their online conduct by setting alt text

My ADHD and predominantly auditory mode of thinking makes that more difficult for me than for neurotypical people.

I'd be grateful if you wrote one for me to add, though.