and it’s far cooler too IMO than just using screenshots!

You and other comments made some good points on this, it made me think a bit. Will discuss them

hmm mb we should have worded it clearer then. It’s a test of the particular wording / implementation of the rule.

If there are no clear and valid objections from the community, we will fully adopt the requirement in a week or so.

This is more meant in the sense that if we overlooked smth important, we will adjust the rule or cancel parts of it

thx I’ll add it right away ^^

Just fyi that this is, as already stated, a test period/provisional rule

I’d also say that not being able to post when you don’t have the motivation to write alt text vs not being able to participate at all / even “consume” the content, is quite negligible
(see other comment regarding valid reasons of ppl not being able to write alt text)

And as with any rule change, this doesn’t apply to the past, but to all post made after the time of the announcement

(if you go through my post history in this com of the last few month, I’m pretty sure that 90% of the posts have at least serviceable alt text; though I admit that they are not always up to the standard set here, which I will abide by from now on too ofc)

(I do not mean to sound negative or dismissive btw, am just tired)

I also feel the same way sometimes, but tbh, I’d rather go for quality and accessibility over quantity

You do bring up a valid — if niche — argument tho. Mb adding smth like “if you have serious issues with writing alternative text, please DM one of the mods, or say so after posting or under our comment reminding you of this rule. We will gladly help you come up with alternative texts and waive the reminders in the comments. Or post the our suggestions under it (depending on whether you have an issue with outing yourself publicly, you don’t have to state a specific reason if you don’t want to. A trust based system would be our go to)”

ofc this isn’t the concise version, just ad hoc writeup

yeah that’s how alt text works. you cannot embed it inside of an image AFAIK. It’s a feature of the web, more precisely HTML

I think that is a very reasonable addition, thank you for your constructive feedback!

I edited my comment before I saw your reply; yeah we should clarify that maybe

It was meant more in the form of reaction gifs/videos you might use and using a simple tag to describe them so ppl can understand what you are posting while using a screen reader

To maybe give an example:

I am by no means an expert on writing alt text, but that’s what I did: ![Stylised screenshot from the show Pokemon, depicting the surprised face of a Pikachu](*img link*)

It took me a few seconds to write

Ofc describing more elaborate reactions or videos used in comments is difficult, the main focus of the rule is intended to be for the main content on here (ie. posts). For files you share in the comments a simple summary should be enough if they’re too complex.

When you are sharing a video on YouTube, the summary should already be included by the creator in the title and description. Ofc it should not fall on the commenter to do that if it’s lacking

Are you familiar with Mastodon and how people add alt text to most images shared there? This is meant as a codified analogue to that. If you have specific suggestions, please feel free to share. As I said in another comment: nothing is set in stone about this rule

Nothing is set in stone here, do you mean transcription of videos?

Bc videos are virtually never shared here and the format of YouTube/Discord memes - type videos is not rly in the scope of this community anyway

If you mean videos shared in comments, we should maybe clarify that those are out of scope

Enough internet for today

? I don’t think I understand what you mean >w<

smh the haters in the comments don’t seem to be Goldberry appreciators

basically all of (south) eastern europe + all (now ex-)soviet republics until the 1990s

the bullet part: civil war in ussr (the whites were proto-fascist af) and ww2 in the rest of (south) eastern europe

+ fascists were perpetually heavily persecuted by the agencies of state socialism

now the movement part: socialism builds around solving the issues of the working classes first and foremost by changing the material basis of society. It provides solutions which take the problem by it’s root (e.g. not reforming capitalism – which is the root cause of poverty, homelessness, hunger etc. – but eliminating it)

facism (partially) uses a perversion of leftist rhetoric to fool and garner support from working people.

after said state socialisms found their ends, the following bourgeois “democracies” failed to address the needs of working people, allowing for fascist rhetoric to capture the minds of many. and ofc the rigorous persecution stopped too

the former territory of the GDR provides one of the best examples of the combination of the two

western and southern europe (mainly France and Italy; with the exception of Spain, which had a continued fascist presence long after WW2) had momentary violence against fascists, which was not upheld after ww2 (or after the revolution in Portugal’s case), but still had flourishing socialist movements (talking about real socialism, not the french “socialist” party), mainly strong communist parties. after their disintegration in the 90s, fascists had a much easier time and we are seeing the effects today just as well in the rest of europe as in Germany

lmaooo, “maybe try fighting harder on the marketing place of ideas?! 👉👈🥺”

Fascism can only be stopped by a bullet in the head and a strong socialist movement exposing their lies, especially regarding their perverted partially leftist rhetoric

The market will just force coops to behave like capitalist companies again…

Also:

The hell of capitalism is the firm, not the fact that it has a boss
-Bordiga

that’s not the Marxist definition most leftists use