I don’t think it really works directly presently, at least not for all instances. I’m just using the spoiler tag, or body for alt-text on lemmy at the moment. That probably needs to change before bots can be useful (if I’m not wrong about this).
EDIT: Meh, never mind me, I don’t know enough about direct alt-text on lemmy.
The text isn’t supposed to show up. It’s alternative text for viewers that can’t see the image (or otherwise need it described).
Wait let me test to see if alt text works the way I think it does:
EDIT: I’ve always wondered what those chunky brackets were for when attaching images! Now I know
I don’t think it really works directly presently, at least not for all instances. I’m just using the spoiler tag, or body for alt-text on lemmy at the moment. That probably needs to change before bots can be useful (if I’m not wrong about this).
EDIT: Meh, never mind me, I don’t know enough about direct alt-text on lemmy.
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/485977