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Some new t-shirt and pin designs are available in our store, and you can also get free downloadable posters to help to spread Mastodon!

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New t-shirts, pins and posters

We've just released two new t-shirt designs, and a printable poster design for your real life events and venues. We have other cool merch, too!
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That t-shirt fits so well with this actually: mastodon.social/@madeindex/116…

MadeInDex 📰🌎

2026-04-10 15:32:48

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I've been thinking a lot about the #Fediverse ALT issue.

Some people are annoyed by posts without #Alttext, & others get reminded¹ to add it.

The core question is: How can we improve #accessibility?

Proposal:
☑️ Add a user filter to hide media posts without #AltTag
☑️ Reduced engagement on hidden posts would encourage adding #Alt text
☑️ People who need accessibility wouldn't have to encounter unlabeled media

If this gets traction, I'll open a #Mastodon GitHub issue.

¹ mastodon.social/@madeindex/113…

Screenshot of Mastodon "Preferences" > "Filters" > "Add new filter". The "Add new filters" page is open, under "Filter controls" a new red checkbox labeled “NO ALT” is added.

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Some people are simply UNABLE¹ to write #Alt text of their images for various reasons. Here are some solutions on the #Fediverse: 1. Ask the community for help using #ALT4ME (needs more support) 2.
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Kai Klostermann
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@madeindex Also added a feature suggestion to suggest alt text a while ago: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…

“Propose alt text” feature

Pitch Alt text is crucial but not everyone know about it, remembers about it, or are good at writing them. An interaction I see very often on Mastodon, is people replying to a picture without alt t...
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