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ChanceyFleet @ChanceyFleet@mas.to

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As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES.

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ChanceyFleet @ChanceyFleet@mas.to

2y

And to learn more about crafting alt text, i highly recommend the Alt Text as Poetry Project alt-text-as-poetry.net

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Zélia Lune (migré) @melunaka@eldritch.cafe

2y

@ChanceyFleet I really love when people try to see what’s beautiful about something instead of thinking about it like a difficulty. We bring find joy and beauty into this world by writing image description, for everyone involved

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

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@ChanceyFleet @melunaka Honestly writing image descriptions is so pleasant! I wrote about it a few months ago. And it's actually helpful for a social media addict not to rush for their dopamine shot but to take the time to do things right. It's helped me in ways I don't understand yet

Good contributors to the commons are the ones who find joy in it, not frustration! (The XMPP community gravitating around my Linux distribution is literally a safe space.)

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