Skip to main content

So far, I’m not liking how Threads posts render on my Akkoma server.

Too much of it is no text – just a big ginormous paperclip.

And what is that paperclip? Well, when I click on it, it opens up a new tab to reveal… a screenshot of a Tweet.

All of this could be bloody avoided if Threads people put the contents of the tweet in their posts. Or even better, if Threads actually rendered these pictures in the post and put in alt-text as well.

I’d tell these Threads people how bad these posts look on the Fediverse, but none of them can see my replies. Thanks, @zuck!

(Also, if the link to the post doesn’t show up, don’t blame me. Blame Threads. You don’t need to click it anyway since I’m providing a screenshot of what I’m seeing.)

@fediversenews
RE: https://threads.net/ap/users/17841445114285241/post/18424180516023009/

@Fediverse News @Mark Zuckerberg
This entry was edited (3 weeks ago)

Fediverse News reshared this.

in reply to Chris Trottier

BeAware :veriweed:
BeAware :veriweed:
• •
@mosseri is technically here and I thought he comes here to read stuff like this, but I'm not sure.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
@Adam

Fediverse News reshared this.

in reply to Chris Trottier

Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
• •
FYI Threads does have alt text https://nerdschalk.com/threads-alt-text-image-video-post/ it might not be playing nice with federation though, apparently you have to enable the ability to view it from your settings page? Or adoption of alt text could just be super low on that platform. I'm not there, couldn't say.

Threads: How to Add ALT Text to an Image or Video

What to know Threads now lets you add ALT text to an image or a video. Select the ‘Alt’ option after you upload from your gallery and add the alternative text. Alt text makes it easier …
Nerds Chalk
in reply to Chris Trottier

Cătă
Cătă
• •

@Chris Trottier it's looking good here in Friendica, as others pointed out (minus @Mark Zuckerberg's profile pic, but that's a different story).

I get it however, Threads should do better testing in the Fediverse (or maybe there is a problem with your frontend? Idk)

@Chris Trottier @Mark Zuckerberg
in reply to Chris Trottier

Adam
Adam
• •
replies are coming, but this image thing looks totally broken, will forward this onto the team

reshared this

in reply to Adam

Pcottle
Pcottle
• •

@mosseri
This might be a problem with the local client? We're certainly sending down a valid CDN url as the attachment, and it renders just fine in other Mastodon clients (screenshot here is from my local server).

The CDN url is hosted on cdninstagram.com so I would check if you have any local blocklists in your browser that might affect that.

Alt-text is coming :)

@Adam

Fediverse News reshared this.

in reply to Pcottle

Pcottle
Pcottle
• •

@mosseri
the alt-text in this case is:

"Photo by Jo on April 05, 2024. May be a Twitter screenshot of 2 people and text that says 'Jo @JoJoFromJerz … Donald Trump was the president when the entire planet was hit with a once in a lifetime historic pandemic. But, ok. Marjorie Taylor Greene... @mtgreenee Follow God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. pray that our country listens.'."

@Adam
in reply to Pcottle

Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier
• •

@pcottle @mosseri This is not a Mastodon client. It’s how Pleroma, Akkoma, and other forks display images from Threads.

And yes, I’ve tested this on multiple front-ends and clients—same result. Other people running Akkoma and Pleroma report the same thing.

Both Akkoma and Pleroma, by the way, utilize Mastodon’s API.

One further thing: behind Mastodon and Misskey, Pleroma/Akkoma is the third most used microblogging server software on the Fediverse, particularly popular with people who run small servers and care about resource efficiency. It’s used by around 200,000 people. As more people run their own servers, it will likely be even more popular in the future.

@Adam @Pcottle

BeAware :veriweed: reshared this.

in reply to Chris Trottier

Pcottle
Pcottle
• •

See my post here for clarification on the clients bit:
https://cyberplace.social/@pcottle/112231536503756161

That being said, ML-generated alt text should be available in the API now! Just verified on my end. Your feedback is heard :) We've always exposed user-provided alt text but that's not always provided.

Let me know if you have any theories on why this URL can't be rendered.

Pcottle

2024-04-07 19:15:41


@BeAware Sorry I meant "other mastodon clients" as in the "other clients that I have access to that are Mastodon." Totally get that there are a variety of popular platforms and we actually use `_misskey_quote` as our quote post URI field :)

in reply to Pcottle

BeAware :veriweed:
BeAware :veriweed:
• •
Edit: this post was a simple misunderstanding of the terms used. All good now.
This entry was edited (3 weeks ago)

Fediverse News reshared this.

in reply to BeAware :veriweed:

Pcottle
Pcottle
• •
@BeAware Sorry I meant "other mastodon clients" as in the "other clients that I have access to that are Mastodon." Totally get that there are a variety of popular platforms and we actually use `_misskey_quote` as our quote post URI field :)
@BeAware :veriweed:

reshared this

in reply to Pcottle

BeAware :veriweed:
BeAware :veriweed:
• •

@pcottle Okay. Cool. Misunderstanding *whew* I was legit worried.😅

Tysm for clarifying!

@Pcottle

Fediverse News reshared this.

in reply to Chris Trottier

wendinaokland
wendinaokland
• •
Maybe that’s as close as meta can get without drastically violating the #fediverse ToS & don’t be evil covenants?
#fediverse
in reply to Chris Trottier

INPC
INPC
• •
I haven’t had a chance to look at the code but it’s probably because Threads sucks.
Unknown parent

nonlinear
nonlinear
• •

unless you consider low-trust TERF fashy transactional content, something

We'll get plenty of that. And abuse. We'll get a lot of abuse. That's *some*thing.

Happy now?

⇧