🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.12 👩🚀
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.12 👩🚀
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.12 👩🚀
"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 2)"
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FWIW, I haven't confirmed this but I think Threads' is using AI to automatically add alt-text to images that don't have it- at least for the federated images based on the weird descriptions I've seen on some of them.
I'm not sure if that's better or worse than having no alt text whatsoever.
@tom@tomkahe.com oooh interesting Tom but I rarely see alt text in the Threads app. Not sure what’s going on
@_elena@mastodon.social Yeah not sure if this shows up in the Threads app if alt text enabled, but for example this post: https://www.threads.net/@potus/post/DA9LEMtKYHl
has the alt text: "Photo by President Joe Biden on October 10, 2024. May be a black-and-white image of 1 person, smoking, the Oval Office and office." when viewed from my mastodon instance
@_elena@mastodon.social enjoyed the article and ironically as a person who promotes the use of metadata, I have been skipping writing altText in my own posts. This was a great reminder of why it is important to do so.