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• @jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu 2025-09-07 22:12

  @Ygor In that case, wouldn't it be better to have an option in the client to display the alt text below each piece of media without having to click anything? The problem with this is that it would have to be built into all official Web frontends of all Fediverse server applicationsall third-party Web frontends for Fediverse server applicationsall desktop and mobile apps for anything in the Fediverse Altogether, that's well over a hundred user interfaces. And anyone who can't open an alt-text may use any of these, so you can't just pick one or two to modify accordingly. Way too much of an effort just so that nobody will have to change their ways. Because sometimes we don't even have enough space to properly explain the media in the post itself due to the 500-character limit. So I guess we'd have to make a thread? Does that also mean that we should only add one image per post, since some people can't click to expand it? As a short-term solution, or if you absolutely, absolutely must stay on whichever vanilla Mastodon server you're currently on, a thread is the easiest solution, although long posts cut into threads annoy some users in certain non-Mastodon parts of the Fediverse. However, if you regularly post images that require extensive explanations, there are better solutions in the Fediverse that let you post everything in one piece, for example: Go find a Mastodon server with a modified character limitMisskey (3,000 characters, hard-coded)Sharkey (3,000 characters, admin-configurable; some servers have higher limits)Pleroma (5,000 characters, admin-configurable; some servers have higher limits)Akkoma (5,000 characters, admin-configurable; some servers have higher limits)Friendica (over 16.7 million characters, database field size; no native iOS app)Hubzilla (over 16.7 million characters, database field size; no native apps at all)(streams) (over 24 million characters, database field size; no native apps at all)Forte (over 24 million characters, database field size; no native apps at all)All these are part of the Fediverse, and all these are (optionally in Hubzilla's case) federated with Mastodon, so you can post to the same people from there as from Mastodon, and you can follow the same people there as on Mastodon. #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #Sharkey #Pleroma #Akkoma #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta

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