Laurens Hof (@laurenshof@indieweb.social)
Föderation EN Sa 07.09.2024 18:32:47
@stefan @thisismissem i appreciate you taking it seriously Emelia, (and your work in general), but I don't think this is a problem that you can design your way out of
think you can only fix this by the community at large coming to a conclusion that this behaviour is unacceptable and should be called out. which is a bit of a challenge, to put it mildly, seems the wide consensus seems to be that this behaviour is fine lol
Emelia 👸🏻 (@thisismissem@hachyderm.io)
Föderation EN Sa 07.09.2024 18:34:11
@laurenshof @stefan yeah, software can help nudge community culture, but can't change community culture by itself, that's on all of us.
Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
Föderation EN Sa 07.09.2024 18:36:32
@thisismissem @laurenshof Absolutely agree that you can't fix this with technology alone, but I like the idea of little "nudges".
Not sure how much this would help, but considering how big of an issue this is, maybe worth trying?
Emelia 👸🏻 (@thisismissem@hachyderm.io)
Föderation EN Sa 07.09.2024 18:40:27
@stefan @laurenshof you probably could create an issue for it, but I also think it's something the mastodon team are already investigating.
I think something that'd be really good to see is a documentation section on "UI guidelines & recommendations for client apps"
Julio J. 🀲 (@j3j5@hachyderm.io)
Föderation EN Sa 07.09.2024 18:45:22
@stefan @thisismissem @laurenshof fwiw, recently there was a conversation on "spanish mastodon" regarding alt text in images and why people use it and lots of people mentioned they've realized it was a useful option after seeing reminders on their clients.
I agree that little nudges can make a difference even if they aren't silver bullets.