• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    13 hours ago
    OP fails at leftism with inaccessible content that disadvantages the disabled.

    Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:

    • usability
      • we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
      • text search is unavailable
      • the system can’t
        • reflow text to varied screen sizes
        • vary presentation (size, contrast)
        • vary modality (audio, braille)
    • accessibility
      • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
      • some users can’t read the image due to lack of alt text
      • users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
      • systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
    • searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
    • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
      • image breaks
      • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

    Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

    They’ll need to relinquish their leftist cred.

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        10 hours ago

        wtf is literacy? calling recurrent objections to recurrent issues spam doesn’t make them spam. seems you don’t care about accessibility either & need to turn in your leftist creds, too.

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          10 hours ago

          Why not create your own accessible content instead of demanding perfection and nitpicking others? No one’s going to stop you from reposting/crossposting this along with quality alt-text. It could even be its own comm, crossposts but accessible versions. Be the change you want to see, I dare you.

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            7 hours ago

            Why not create your own accessible content instead of demanding perfection and nitpicking others?

            Why not try being a better leftist? They can most certainly edit their post to fix the issue.

            Creating my own content doesn’t make this post accessible. In a free society, objections & protest are legitimate ways to effect change. Welcome.

            Discounting real deficits in accessibility as minor lapses from “perfection” to “nitpick” betrays that you truly don’t care about the disadvantaged if it inconveniences others in the most minor way. That’s not leftism, that’s hypocrisy.

            How about you be the change & fight for fairer “treatment of marginalized groups” right here in this tangible, easily achievable matter like a real leftist? Negligence & indifference aren’t excuses.