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@Andre Louis Since you've mentioned memes, how do you prefer them being explained?Are you okay with a link to the respective KnowYourMeme page that fully explains the meme in the post text?
Or do you require an explanation of the meme including its history, basically an unabridged re-telling of the KnowYourMeme page, within the post?
Also, do you need a full, detailed description of the image itself?
(Disclaimer: I'm not on Mastodon. I don't have a 500-character limit. I'm on Hubzilla, and I don't have any character limit I know of.)
@jupiter_rowland
A link in alt-text isn't overly useful, as its shown in some kind of mouse-over popup where you can't select text.
I guess something like this should work: "the Drake meme, first picture showing him in a dismissive pose, the text next to it says 'waiting forever for template-heavy C++ code to compile', the second shows a approving pose with 'waiting forever for Rust code to compile' "
=> it describes what's on the picture and mentions the memes name so one can look it up
A link in alt-text isn't overly useful, as its shown in some kind of mouse-over popup where you can't select text.
I'd never put a link into alt-text. I always put all links into the post text body.
I guess something like this should work: "the Drake meme, first picture showing him in a dismissive pose, the text next to it says 'waiting forever for template-heavy C++ code to compile', the second shows a approving pose with 'waiting forever for Rust code to compile' "
=> it describes what's on the picture and mentions the memes name so one can look it up
And it leaves most Fediverse users wondering what "template-heavy C++ code" is and what "Rust" could possibly mean in this context.
Granted, both is fairly easy to Google. But that's actually an easy example. To take Drakeposting as an example: This should be harder to get even after Googling "Second Life" and "OpenSim". And if you come across this or this or this, not even Google or any other search engine will save you.
It's that what I need to explain. The stuff that only experienced and seasons OpenSim users will get without an explanation and not even all of them.
@jupiter_rowland
ok, yeah also explaining the joke itself, esp when it's kinda fringe might also make sense
OTOH, I don't think you necessarily have to explain all jokes, people don't do that for text-only posts either, sometimes it's just a quick joke for a certain group of people (though I appreciate spelling out acronyms so one can look up the context when interested, which is hard for many acronyms that have many totally different meanings)
I'm pretty sure that most Fediverse users don't know what C++ ist, don't know what compile means, and they think that rust only refers to oxidised iron.