mdiluz,
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ticho,

@mdiluz Slightly off-topic, but what is it with walls of text shared as images these days? Did people get stupider and forget that web can do text content as well? Not only is it inconvenient and inefficient to read, it also further disadvantages people with disabilities, making it harder to use their screen readers.

Fuck this "everything is a screenshot" trend, man.

techgeeklife,

@ticho @mdiluz

As far as I see, these #trends are used to convey large #paragraphs into a single #tweet / #toot to avoid multiple #threads. But as u said, for #screen #readers it's challenging. #Alt texts are must if they are following this trend. It's an untold #rule which still a lot of people yet to follow.
#image #Accessibility #screenshot

ticho,

@techgeeklife @mdiluz This is what I dislike about the protocol. There are all these different applications, like Mastodon for short stuff, for longer text, , , etc. etc.

But if you want to use them, you need a different account for each, which harms discoverability.

Contrast this with , where you can have multiple applications use a single account, each in its own matrix room(s), using custom event types, and tailored client apps to access each.

reiver,
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@ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz

FWIW, you can log into using your account.

ticho,

@reiver @techgeeklife @mdiluz Yes, but if I understand it correctly, it will still be a separate account, which reinforces the point I was making.

Posts from that pixelfed account will still not appear as coming from the same mastodon account, so I cannot use mastodon for short blurbs and pixelfed for posting photos, without harming discoverability.

reiver,
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@ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz

Out of curiosity —

Why not use your Mastodon account to post photos, too?

.

ticho,

@reiver @techgeeklife @mdiluz That's what I do. See https://mastodon.online/@ticho/111096915580716948 and posts around it in that thread for context (which I'm probably explaining all wrong, since nobody seems to understand what I'm trying to say 😅 ).

okpierre,
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@reiver @ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz the way it is presented causes confusion and mislead people. It is not really using Mastodon as sign in

reiver,
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@okpierre @ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz

Regarding;
"It is not really using Mastodon as sign in"

What is it doing?

okpierre,
@okpierre@mastodon.social avatar

@reiver @ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz it will ask you to connect to Mastodon and then you will need to create a new Pixelfed account. You still have to manage two different accounts

reiver,
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@okpierre @ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz

How do you feel it should work?

okpierre,
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@reiver @ticho @techgeeklife @mdiluz similar to Google/Apple/Facebook sign in. Bluesky also has something similar by using one app password to sign in to multiple sites

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