Post #3290552
2026-01-07 23:57 UTC
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io Spelling the names of politicians correctly also helps people like me who ARE trying to get our news from Mastodon but can't figure out which nickname refers to which person. One time, a person decided to use only clever anagrams of politicians names in the alt text of a photo, and I couldn't figure out who some of the politicians were.
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@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io 2026-01-08 00:00
@Lkdc@dmv.community Oh my god. That's an excellent point, and also, seriously? Anagrams? Good grief. I think some people (mainly but not always Americans) tend to assume that everyone of course has the necessary context to understand their posts, which may not even be true of folk LOCAL to them, let alone people from across the globe.