I’ve been thinking a lot about the Fediverse ALT issue.
Some people are annoyed by posts without Alttext, & others get reminded¹ to add it.
The core question is: How can we improve accessibility?
Proposal: ☑️ Add a user filter to hide media posts without AltTag ☑️ Reduced engagement on hidden posts would encourage adding Alt text ☑️ People who need accessibility wouldn’t have to encounter unlabeled media
If this gets traction, I’ll open a Mastodon GitHub issue (maybe on others too?).
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I think that would backfire.
How do you mean? :)
As a user, I’d like a setting I can turn on that prevents me from submitting images without alt text. 99% of the time I’ve just forgotten and a reminder is all I need.
As a mod, I’d like a setting I can enable that raises a report any time an image is submitted without alt text to my community so I can moderate appropriately.
I think Mastodon has a feature to remind of no alt text
and on other software, for now you can try following alt text bots:
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113996311493021102We are on the same page :)
