I made a long-ago choice not to include images in my blog articles. This choice is partially due to technical restrictions on my website and to personal preferences.

[mahryekuh@fosstodon.org]

I made a long-ago choice not to include images in my blog articles. This choice is partially due to technical restrictions on my website and to personal preferences.

But now I face an explanatory article that might be better suited with an image.

I'm tempted to wing it without media and see if people like it.

[elisse@mas.to]

@mahryekuh I would always rather read text than look at an image, personally, even if the description is much longer.

[bmispelon@mastodon.social]

@mahryekuh Isn't that what ascii art is for?

[mahryekuh@fosstodon.org]

@bmispelon Yeah, let's not!

[mahryekuh@fosstodon.org]

@elisse Yeah, for me, it's often the opposite, but that is because a lot of text is poorly written, too. I see a big hunk of text, and my brain goes, "Oh, hell no."

I think I've improved at writing such descriptions over the years (due to teaching and thinking more about accessibility).

[mahryekuh@fosstodon.org]

Two perks to this approach:

1. I won't have to add media management and custom file-in-Markdown integration to my website.

2. I won't have to struggle over finding the right words in an image alt text (because alt text is a must!) since I'd be forced to find the right words for the article copy itself.

[ajaxstardust@social.vivaldi.net]

When in doubt,
spin-

up
Low

@mahryekuh

[mahryekuh@fosstodon.org]

@ajaxStardust I didn't expect Bowie in the replies. Nicely done!

[ajaxstardust@social.vivaldi.net]

@mahryekuh

ha.

oddly, I wouldn't be surprised had Bowie himself, however, expected to appear in the replies!

:rim-shot: :cymbal:

[mahryekuh@fosstodon.org]

@ajaxStardust Somehow, rising from the dead wouldn't even surprise me with the man haha