What convinced you to start adding alt text to images you post online?
#AltText #accessibility #ImageDescription
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1080 ████████ General knowledge about accessibility 675 █████ Seeing others do it 664 ████▉ Seeing others talk about it 115 ▊ Seeing someone get nagged about it 89 ▋ Someone I know explaining this to me 9 Someone I know nagging me 130 ▉ A stranger explaining this to me 24 ▏ A stranger nagging me 172 █▎ Something else 40 ▎ I don't use alt text 7 I can't use alt text
@stefan The edit function- that I can correct it later too.
@stefan Can I add actually teaching a #blind student? I was already generally aware of the need for things like alt text, in an abstract hypothetical kind of way. But teaching a blind student […]
@stefan i dont know in which category #NoAltTextNoBoost falls, but i think that makes a lot of sense.
Something else: My browser makes images opt-in and I use alt text to decide if something is worth loading.
@stefan Gennerally having it possible in app. I block and report accounts that nag.
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Does using the Internet back in the 90s over dialup and also knowing people who use text only browsers count?
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@stefan I do it because I'm disabled myself :3
Though I often still forget to do it, I'm trying to get better. Thanks for a reminder in the form of this poll!
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Something else: The platform encouraged it through a UI warnig when no alt text is added yet.
@stefan It's part of the culture. If it's a culture you want to be part of.
@stefan Read a post for new Mastodon users where using alt text was one of the things mentioned. It seemed like a good idea and the right thing to do.
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