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Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by kubanczyk on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:49AM (#24429905)
> "Stock photograph of students talking at a table." You can see that this is pointless alt text.

No. The alt text is fine. It's the image that is pointless.

The problem is admittedly worse for the blind, but bothering to varied extent also some of the non-blind.

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Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by jamil7 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @05:43AM (#24430574)
The way it's a standard feature on so many blog articles to lead with a big pointless unsplash image vaguely related to the content drives me crazy. What a waste of resources.
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Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by jefftk on Thursday September 10, 2020 @08:10AM (#24431513)
The advice I've seen that recommends this is because articles with images are prioritized on social media, especially Facebook.
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Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by jamil7 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @08:47AM (#24431779)
That figures, depressing though.
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Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by Vrondi on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:24AM (#24433185)
No, to sighted persons, decorative images are not pointless.
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