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1. Rain 🚱 (grainloom@cybre.space)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Aug-2018 01:27:27 EDT Rain 🚱

   Hey people, I've been noticing the number of posts with alt text going down. It might be because of all the new users who haven't learned about the feature yet, so for them and everyone:

   yall should use alt text when uploading images! what are they??? hover over the images to find out! why are they good? the tldr of it is that visually impaired computer users exist and it helps them navigate the INFOBAHN better

   1. Downes 🍁 (downes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Aug-2018 07:44:17 EDT Downes 🍁

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      @grainloom This is a test to look for the 'alt text' option - I found it but it is *very* difficult to find (default desktop Mastodon client). You have to hover over the image after it uploads, and the field is hidden by the grey shading at the bottom of the image. Better UI would go a long way toward addressing this. #ItsNotAlwaysTheUsersFault