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There's a strong tradition on here that you should add alt text descriptions to any images, videos or audio files you attach to a post. These descriptions are important because they make attachments accessible to blind and/or deaf people

However, some people can't write alt texts due to their own disabilities. If that's the case, they can include the tag #Alt4Me in their post to request help. Others who want to help can reply with an alt text description and the tag #Alt4You.

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To my new Palestinian friends:

Welcome to Mastodon! It's wonderful to have you, and I'm sorry it's in these circumstances that we meet.

I will always try to share your posts to help you get reach for your mutual aid, but I have a rule of not sharing content without alt text. If you add alt text to your images, I can share your post more easily and faster. Otherwise, I'll need to wait until I'm at a computer to sit down and properly describe your photos in a quote boost. While I don't mind doing this, this means there's a delay in me sharing your post, because it may need to wait for me to get off of work depending on where I am working from that day.

If you're unable to provider alt text for any reason, please feel free to use the #alt4me hashtag and someone will come along and provide the text for you that you can then paste into the description of your photo(s).

Here is a guide for you to learn more about alt text on mastodon:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

You can of course also ask me any questions you have! I will still share your posts btw! I just may take a bit longer because I have blind and low vision followers whom I've made a promise to always provide image/video descriptions to.