Is there any way on Mastodon to automatically filter out image posts with no alt text?
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Is there any way on Mastodon to automatically filter out image posts with no alt text?
Please boost- this is an actual question
@cryptids I can't see an obvious way to do this directly on Pleroma or GotoSocial (the instance types I run) but at least with Pleroma/Akkoma I think you could write an MRF (https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/backend/configuration/mrf/) to do it (and I'll have a go later, just to see if it's possible.)
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@det Yeah I did some looking into it and all I could find was a uBlock filter for it (and an old feature request thread on Github)
Shame, I guess I'll just resort to muting people or something
@cryptids that's what I do
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@cryptids I think @alice has said she has a tool for filtering out images without alt text, but I had trouble searching her posts, so the best I found was this. https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116200750952476282
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@det Yeah I did some looking into it and all I could find was a uBlock filter for it (and an old feature request thread on Github)
Shame, I guess I'll just resort to muting people or something
@cryptids I do a lot of # Alt4You replying, which sometimes helps nudge people along...
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Is there any way on Mastodon to automatically filter out image posts with no alt text?
Please boost- this is an actual question
@cryptids when using moshidon I don't display images by default, so I see the alt text (or lack thereof) first
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@cryptids would love to know, because I'm personally done with accidentally boosting non-alt posts.
I hate retracting a boost, but my ethics say: no alt, no boost
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@cryptids@yip.gay @det@critter.cafe on the flipside, however, I’m trying out this new instance of catodon for a while, and I note that if one tries to post an image without bothering to fill in at least something in the alt text, it has a special leg that reaches out and boots you in the crotch.
[offstage whisper]
Oh wait, not a boot, it politely tells you to do your alt text you bastard
[offstage whisper again]
No bastard. It just tells you to do the alt text. -
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Is there any way on Mastodon to automatically filter out image posts with no alt text?
Please boost- this is an actual question
@cryptids It's difficult because people sometimes put the alt text in the text of the post. We've seen people add styling which highlights no-alt-text posts with red outlines and such.
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@cryptids@yip.gay @det@critter.cafe on the flipside, however, I’m trying out this new instance of catodon for a while, and I note that if one tries to post an image without bothering to fill in at least something in the alt text, it has a special leg that reaches out and boots you in the crotch.
[offstage whisper]
Oh wait, not a boot, it politely tells you to do your alt text you bastard
[offstage whisper again]
No bastard. It just tells you to do the alt text. -
Is there any way on Mastodon to automatically filter out image posts with no alt text?
Please boost- this is an actual question
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Is there any way on Mastodon to automatically filter out image posts with no alt text?
Please boost- this is an actual question
Not as far as I know, though some servers highlight them with a warning around the border of the picture.
