The number of self-righteous people replying to say that they "don't use a screen reader but..." and then speaking in favour of this feature is like... ugh.
I don't have a strong opinion either way, because I don't have enough information. One accessibility consultant has commented, which is good, but still no people who need alt text, e.g. visually impaired people. [Edit: I totally skated over the part where the accessibility consultant said they were blind, I am a doofus. 🤦]
If any visually impaired people tell us that this is a good idea or a bad idea in their opinion I would love that so much. But if people who don't need alt text could please stop talking. Just. Plz.
People who use #ScreenReaders, imagine a feature on your instance where you can automatically hide any post that contains images/videos without alt text.
If you reply with an opinion and YOU PERSONALLY don't need alt text for accessibility reasons, I will probably block you.
@cassolotl@juliemoynat keep in mind that in many cases, folks will reply to non-alt posts and actually post a suggested alt - so even though the original may not have a description, it can still transpire retrospectively later in the thread. but yeah i get the sentiment.
@cassolotl
I don't think it's quite as black and white as people want it to be. I often don't know what to put in the alt text because the post itself describes the picture.
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