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My current interests are: #accessiblity, #AntiFascism, #identity, #IntersectionalFeminism, #LGBTQ (#trans, #NonBinary), politics, and race and curating posts to help people find information on these.
I also am very pro alt-text, content warnings and other info management tools. For people who dislike bookmarks:
#ThePragmaticCaseForAltText is below.
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#Feditip This post is about #accessibility, specifically #CamelCase and #altText on #Mastodon. From a pragmatic as well as ethical point of view. If you are already signed up on ethical grounds, good job, let's keep at it!
Pragmatically: If you are not writing for an audience outside of people you personally know then there is a non zero chance you will have someone with difficulty seeing or with dyslexia try to read your work. Effective communicators remove barriers for their audiences.
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Especially on Mastodon there is very much a culture of equality and respect for others. By showing that you appreciate these values you are more socially acceptable here.
Camel Case, https://www.boia.org/blog/make-your-hashtags-accessible is the practice of capitalising the start of each word in a #. E.g. #CamelCase. Those familiar with the difference between susanalbumparty and SusanAlbumParty will appreciate the effort, as will people with dyslexia. People with screen readers also benefit as described in the link.
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