Online altruists making Reddit more accessible
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#2Are these captions appreciated? The bland text seems to not be as entertaining/aesthetic as the images, and captioners never "translate" the image into a witty writeup like a good text joke that captures the essence of the visual.
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#3Are these captions appreciated? The bland text seems to not be as entertaining/aesthetic as the images, and captioners never "translate" the image into a witty writeup like a good text joke that captures the essence of the visual.
The purpose of the captions is perhaps more to inform the reader what the context is, so that they can participate - not to provide alternative content which will be out of context.
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#4Are these captions appreciated? The bland text seems to not be as entertaining/aesthetic as the images, and captioners never "translate" the image into a witty writeup like a good text joke that captures the essence of the visual.
Close your eyes. Now listen to a discussion among a bunch of people about an image they are looking at.
Would you appreciate being given a description of the image first, or would you rather just hear them talk about something you have not seen?
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#5I thought the earlier post on "Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers" says a lot in this part-
1. Accessibility 1.a) cannot be dictated or selected when using Dragon Naturally Speaking 1.b) appears as unlabeled in NVDA's element list
We need to stop designing around visually impaired people and hold the tools into account. Why us Gov.uk spending 10's of millions on this rather than fixing the tools?
This makes no sense
"In r/DnDGreentext, one user spends hours transcribing 82,000 characters of text from screenshots of a Dungeons and Dragons roleplay game."
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#6Are these captions appreciated? The bland text seems to not be as entertaining/aesthetic as the images, and captioners never "translate" the image into a witty writeup like a good text joke that captures the essence of the visual.
Close your eyes. Now listen to a discussion among a bunch of people about an image they are looking at. Would you appreciate being given a description of the image first, or would you rather just hear them talk about something you have not seen?
This didn't answer the question.
For we know it only added your biases.
What do actual people this is relevant to say? What do the actual users of this think?
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#7What is going to happen when Reddit ipo’s and the employees benefit financially from it, but the moderators who actually make reddit what it is get nothing?
Re: Online altruists making Reddit more accessible
#8Are these captions appreciated? The bland text seems to not be as entertaining/aesthetic as the images, and captioners never "translate" the image into a witty writeup like a good text joke that captures the essence of the visual.
Most memes are bland and have no intrinsic humorous value. I see memes as a form of absurd and surreal comedy. Literal captioning seems perfectly appropriate to carry the point.
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#9What is going to happen when Reddit ipo’s and the employees benefit financially from it, but the moderators who actually make reddit what it is get nothing?
Nothing will happen, exactly like the last 14 years with the employees being paid salaries while users run the site for free.
Why do you think an IPO will be treated differently?
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#10What is going to happen when Reddit ipo’s and the employees benefit financially from it, but the moderators who actually make reddit what it is get nothing?
Nothing will happen, exactly like the last 14 years with the employees being paid salaries while users run the site for free. Why do you think an IPO will be treated differently?
(deimorz is former Reddit staff and now operates a Reddit competitor)