Post #4393832
2026-08-05 19:37 UTC
@neatnik@social.lol It's a hard thing to manage - because alt-text just to have alt-text will just make a subset of people to "sfdkajskfjsafd" in there so that it posts. This creates a pool of garbage alt text images and is arguably worse than no text at all.
How do you promote and reward GOOD alt text habits .. while removing the ones you dont want to have in your network / surroundings .. move on.
From an admin level - I dont think there is a way to prevent posting without alt text, only CSS/Styling reminders. So I think most of the governance and oversight comes down to ..
"Does Adam just post the names of the people that stink at making his platform accessible. . or does Adam start removing them from his network because he wants his network as accessible as possible"
Good luck sir, whatever you decide I'll help support <3 I'm down to throw together SocialLolShameBot too .. and start publicly calling people out programmatically ;P
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@neatnik@social.lol 2026-08-05 20:17
@dawgeth@social.lol I think the answer will likely be in setting the expectation that we maintain an accessible public space, and then using Mastodon’s “limit” feature to limit the accounts that don’t want to play ball. (Limited accounts can still use Mastodon normally, but their content is omitted from public feeds.) I feel like this meets the goal of maintaining an accessible public space without too much fuss. But I’m still thinking about everything!