@micr0Micr0byte @nelsonNelson Lopez I cannot tell you what to do. Your intentions are excellent. However, whenever seeing people design a Something to improve accessibility for blind people, the result is often sub optimal, because often it's trying to meet needs that aren't there. And then only serves one aspect of that need, disregarding other aspects.

Also, the effect on blind people is perhaps not what you expected to happen. I'm not a "nice" blind person. When someone does the altbot thing and nothing else in my timeline, I think: I'm not worth the effort. Remember: I can't spot read: I need to listen to all of it, beginning to end. Nowadays I recognize alt bot output immediately, even when people have amended it somewhat, and I block them and move on.

An aspect you might consider: AltBot underscores the idea that providing alt text is a heavy burden on seeing people. And often such thinking makes "blind folks", "screen reader users" into an abstraction.

Alt text on Mastodon is a beautiful thing.