Grmbl. Since this apparently needs clarifying.
I will not boost pictures without *useful* alt text. Technically having alt text that's completely useless to the reader ("an image", "a tweet", etc.) is not enough. Yes, I check.
In the mastodon web interface on mobile, is there a way to see the alt text? On desktop, I can see it by hovering, but I don't think there's a way to hover on mobile. I always like to read the alt text, even if I can understand the picture just fine. Sometimes, people will write in the alt text drawing my attention to certain parts of the picture or explain their interpretation of the pic or something. I always feel like I'm missing out on that when I'm on mobile.
@MegaMichelle I have no idea, honestly - I only use Mastodon on desktop, so I don't know what the mobile interfaces are like.
I would *expect* it to be viewable by long-pressing the image, but that's entirely an 'informed guess' based on how I've seen other mobile app designs work in the past, so no guarantee that it works here.
(I've been checking for quite a while already. But the last boost told me that the issue is actually worse than I thought.)