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[–] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Those words would murder harder with accessibility.

Diogenes would have been quickly banned on social media for trolling, incivility, & "arguing for arguments sake".

Classical Cynicism was all about pursuing clarity & meaning in life indifferent to its vicissitudes & free from pretenses & illusions. They held that false judgements of value caused arrogance, which caused dissatisfaction from unnatural, irrational desires[^false-value]. They argued for discovering clarity through ascetic practices free from unnatural desires through practices of shamelessness or impudence that deface the nomos of society (the laws, customs, and social conventions that people take for granted). That included flouting social conventions openly & derisively in public.

[^false-value]: especially of conventional desires (wealth, power, glory, recognition, conformity, worldly possessions)

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Your suggestion would be more useful if it had more direct information on how the poster could add alt text to their post or image themselves, rather than a link to some generic w3 page about accessibility.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    There are a multitude of remedies, so I don't specify. All that matters is the result: web accessibility. Doesn't matter how text alternative is provided whether by

    • in post submission/edit forms, reducing image to the non-text portion, describe it in field Alt Text, provide proper text in the field Body
    • adequately filling field Alt Text
    • setting the field URL to an accessible equivalent
    • providing an accessible description in the field Title or Body
    • beginning the field Body with a link (so it's directly adjacent to image) to an accessible equivalent

    or any other possibility as long as it achieves accessibility.

    In general, it depends on the situation. Screenshot of social media text content: link to the source or its archival snapshot. Image of pure text: don't post that, post text instead.

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