@futurebird better drafting features might help? I try to nearly always write/boost with alt text. on other accounts I’m less strict, because I don’t want to force everyone.
Entering alt text is miserable, I can't even see what I'm typing depending on what app I use. The text entry window often feels like an afterthought. And exception is the mastodon web app, which even has a "feature" (OCR!) to help you make the description.
This is super interesting... I wonder to what extent this reflects "culture" of different user groups... and to what extent it's the UI making things easier or harder...
@futurebird@promovicz So I only looked at mastodon.social's local timeline, (see the Methodology section for an explanation), so that's kind of accounted for.
@futurebird@stefan@promovicz As a #phanpysocial user, the UI makes a big difference. If you want something to happen, make it easy. Phanpy makes it obvious and pretty easy.
I sometimes forget too. I notice that when I post an image from my iphone's photo app, I cannot add alt text until after I post the image and then edit. And then I get distracted and forget for an hour or two...or three...until I realize my post hasn't gotten any attention. 😅
The fedi keeps you honest! 🥰
If I post from the Ivory app, I can add alt text right away. So I am trying to be more cognizant of where I post from. It helps my ADHD/long covid addled brain.
@futurebird The one time I asked for helped with alt text, because I did not have the vocab necessary to describe a graph correctly, I got two amazing responses that probably took quite a bit of time to write. People here can be very generous of their knowledge and time.
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