No, but everyone can access and read that in their own choice of viewing tech without problem, even on very large or very small monitors, even through automatic translation apps, even in an audio screen reader or a braille interface.
An important part of the fuel of the exodus from Reddit to here was Reddit deliberately shitting on users who happen to have special accessibility needs. Lemmy - the software and the user community - needs to be better than that to earn its place as rightful successor.
But just because Reddit did it, doesn’t mean it was wrong.
Screenshots provided context, a compatible format, more difficulty to edit(not hard, but way more difficult than swapping words around in a copy/paste).
Also if you linked a presidential tweet, Instagram post, or other social media… There is a large percent of people who will not be able to access it due to not having an account.
I understand wanting a link to the source, but I can’t think of any realistic reason a copy/paste would actually be better than a screenshot other than assistance software. Which is important, but I don’t think it alone outweighs screenshot benefits
We should copy paste the text, post a screenshot as an attachment, and a link, and then carve the screenshot into a stone tablet to be put on display in the basement of the british national history museum
holy shit guys, just post the data however the fuck is easiest
So copy/paste the text, and link the original.
In the case of this post, the ability to go to the original and learn the further info added by the author in subsequent posts is of use.
Feels like I could alter the text as well if I did that…
Why not screenshot with a link in the comments?
They can do that in the image as well.
Screenshots are no more unalterable or trustworthy than text. Why not copy/pasted text and a link?
On Twitter Rob T Firefly said “mob is right about screenshots”
Just doesn’t have to same vibe
No, but everyone can access and read that in their own choice of viewing tech without problem, even on very large or very small monitors, even through automatic translation apps, even in an audio screen reader or a braille interface.
An important part of the fuel of the exodus from Reddit to here was Reddit deliberately shitting on users who happen to have special accessibility needs. Lemmy - the software and the user community - needs to be better than that to earn its place as rightful successor.
But just because Reddit did it, doesn’t mean it was wrong.
Screenshots provided context, a compatible format, more difficulty to edit(not hard, but way more difficult than swapping words around in a copy/paste).
Also if you linked a presidential tweet, Instagram post, or other social media… There is a large percent of people who will not be able to access it due to not having an account.
I understand wanting a link to the source, but I can’t think of any realistic reason a copy/paste would actually be better than a screenshot other than assistance software. Which is important, but I don’t think it alone outweighs screenshot benefits
It’s not a compatible format with screen readers. I’d say use a site like the Internet Archive maybe? ~Cherri
We should copy paste the text, post a screenshot as an attachment, and a link, and then carve the screenshot into a stone tablet to be put on display in the basement of the british national history museum
holy shit guys, just post the data however the fuck is easiest
That’s not necessarily accessible to disabled people who have to use screen readers though. ~Cherri