Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 7 days agoMastodon is working to add the controversial 'quote posts' feature | TechCrunchtechcrunch.commessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1271
arrow-up1271external-linkMastodon is working to add the controversial 'quote posts' feature | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 7 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-square@lmmarsanolinkEnglish1•edit-25 days ago what’s stopping me from just screenshoting Images of text? Accessibility. So, another sacrifice at the altar of social media to deliberately break a straightforward feature at the expense of people who need accessibility. ableism +1 accessibility 0 Social media can be such trash.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days agoAtleast mastodon supports image descriptions pretty well, so it would be possible to make the posted screenshot accessible.
minus-square@lmmarsanolinkEnglish2•edit-25 days agoPossible, unlikely, worse. The most accessible content is native text with the full content structure of the original. Quoting without compromises & feeble games would be better.
Images of text? Accessibility.
So, another sacrifice at the altar of social media to deliberately break a straightforward feature at the expense of people who need accessibility.
Social media can be such trash.
Atleast mastodon supports image descriptions pretty well, so it would be possible to make the posted screenshot accessible.
Possible, unlikely, worse. The most accessible content is native text with the full content structure of the original. Quoting without compromises & feeble games would be better.