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Michael Miller :blobrdm: 🦆

@spencer @xkcdbot xkcd always has interesting alt-text, which is best enjoyed after seeing the comic.

Hiding it in a CW is one way to handle it. You could do it as the actual alt text to the image, but then blind folks miss out on a description.

8 Aug 2023 at 1:40 | Wall-to-wall | Open on frontrange.co
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Spencer

@raineer @xkcdbot ok that makes sense, thanks! The only issue is that in the mastodon apps I use, it looks like the entire post is under a CW, not just the image, so the xkcd alt-text is hidden/revealed at the same time as the image, so it doesn’t really help. Though I guess it hides it from notifications…

8 Aug 2023 at 1:45 | Open on mindly.social
Ash_Crow

@raineer @spencer @xkcdbot it is used as the alt text though, so there is no real description of the image anyway.

8 Aug 2023 at 4:12 | Open on mastodon.social
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