but by not having alt tags, no one can add them, ever. Say I've decided to add alt tags to my posts. I can do that in plain static sites...
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my point is this feels a bit backwards. I like the way Twitter's alt tags work. It's basically not there if you don't want to use it...
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but you do have the option to. It might sound weird, but I know people who annotate content for their blind parents/friends...
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Alt tags will never be a cool, marketable feature. FB is already auto-generating them and it's not that bad. But the MVPis just an input...
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in the front-end and a property in the back-end. At least that's how I've done it...
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That's basically sufficient. It's about what Medium represents, in my mind. Equal acces to great content.
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I know about Twitter’s alt text (I was responsible for implementing its use for Medium’s textshots) and I myself never use it. :·/
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I wish I knew of a better balance (e.g. rewarding/recognizing people for alttexting?). We brainstormed some ideas in the office.
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Replying to @mwichary
I'll definitely spend some time pondering over this. Thanks for the conversation and sorry if my first tweet sounded offensive.
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No harm done. Happy holidays!
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