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RE: “Have you migrated between social media platforms recently?”
So The Guardian just took their “more than 80 accounts” and “approximately 27 million followers”, and officially left whatever is left of Twitter (currently known as X). Two years too late, but hey,...
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A few thoughts on AI as an Assistive Tool
It’s been a bit over a year since I created Alt Text Hall of Fame, a website that promotes the use of alt text when sharing images on social media and the wider web. (Here’s a bit about my goals and...
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Migrating 50+ accounts across the fediverse
It’s been three weeks since Colin, the administrator of the botsin.space Mastodon server dedicated to creative social media bots, announced he will be shutting it down. I honestly did not expect that...
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Polls and other insights about the use of alt text on social media
It’s been a bit over a year since I created Alt Text Hall of Fame, a project for raising awareness of the importance of properly describing images we post on social media. Has following this account...
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Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #2
Last year in October, I looked at the data posted by @AltTextHealthCheck, an open-source bot, created by Stefan Hayden, that tracks what portion of images posted in the fediverse have a description....
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Adding ALT text to article thumbnails on social media
If you’ve been running your own personal website or a blog for a while, you are likely familiar with the og:image and twitter:image meta tags that let you specify an image that will be shown when you...
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How much does the fediverse cost?
The big tech news today has been that X (formerly Twitter, as everyone says) is raising the price of its Premium Plus subscription by almost 40%. I haven’t been using Twitter, or X, for two years now,...
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StefanBohacek.com Version Browser 2.0
Over the weekend I updated my website archive version browser, moving away from a boring list of links to a more visual grid of thumbnails. And the timing nicely coincides with the upcoming 16th...
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Making static sites with Glitch and 11ty: Image gallery
Having your own website is great. You can use it to introduce yourself to the world, talk about your hobbies, show off your work achievements, promote causes you care about, and many other things. And...
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Opting out of AI in popular software and services
Heads-up, this article is work in progress. Reach out to contribute! Generative AI tools are all the rage! And while they may have their use, some of us find them unreliable, and are concerned by...
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