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Is there something I'm not understanding, or should these not be hidden from my feed considering they're not in any of the languages I have selected as Content Language? I keep seeing a surprising amount of content in languages I cannot read.

Bluesky

登録しているメルアドに送られてきたGIFが楽しかったです。😂😂😂
さすがアメリカ🇺🇸

I enjoyed the gif that was sent to my registered email address. 😂😂😂
That's the USA 🇺🇸

Bluesky

I think the issue is that the link in the post is already on `bsky.app` so the mobile web app is trying to open it too.

If you navigate directly to `bsky.app/download` from within your mobile browser or click on that link from any other website it should work.

Looks like we've got a thing to fix

Emily 🦋

I see they're using what I assume is Tenor's built in alt text (in the form of aria-labels). Will a customization feature be added for gif alt text? Also, once you go beyond the Tenor preset, will other gif libraries (or personally uploaded gifs) have alt text?

Bluesky

And not a single person in this thread, official Bsky included, added descriptive text in their skeet to account for the lack of alt text. This is a heckin massive step backwards for accessibility. I feel so disappointed that it wasn't even considered, but I should be used to that I guess 😕

Bluesky

How is the accessibility going to work for these? What about alt text? If it's going to be from Tenor then that isn't alt text, its the upload name. Can that be changed?

For custom uploaded GIFs, will there be a alt text button?

Can we please... please... PLEASE get an accessibility team? 🙏

Bluesky

I wonder "coming soon" is how soon 😅Also wonder how the storage will be dealt with. Would be personally totally fine with small/no storage, than either pay premium for bsky to host ya stuff or be allowed to host stuff yourself if you have a server and knowhow (kinda similar with custom domains)

Bluesky

i have a couple of friends who are really into wrestling, and like to live-skeet when it's on...which i'm totally in favor of people enjoying what they like however they like...but it kind of takes over my feed a couple days a week, so it'd be great to just be able to mute the emoji they use

Kim Hu

Ah,.. yeah I super get that. Speaking as an annoying fangirl myself, when friends are super into something that you yourself has no interest it, it can get old super fast and muting would definitely help a lot. Have you send them feedback about it?

Daniel Newman

Ah,.. yeah I super get that. Speaking as an annoying fangirl myself, when friends are super into something that you yourself has no interest it, it can get old super fast and muting would definitely help a lot. Have you sent them feedback about it? Maybe they can help and add it.

Daniel Newman

yeah. one has tried to start using text hashtags, and i’m seeing a lot less of it. the other has basically told me to get over it and they’re not going to make any changes - which is fair, honestly. i don’t necessarily want people to change their behavior for me, i just want better tools.

Kim Hu

If you're on web and have prefers-reduced-motion enabled then GIF autoplay will automatically be turned off by default

I just asked about iOS and Samuel told me it's coming soon (see his responses in the thread below)

I'm not sure what the Android situation is

🐈‍⬛ Salem 🌿

Yeah, but if I'm not using my personal machine, which is common, there's nothing I can do about it. There's also plenty of people who don't know about that setting. Other people might not even know they have a problem until they log in for the first time and it triggers a seizure.

surfdude29

This is all very good, but we would appreciate it if you could add some features for us visually impaired people so that we can use the platform more easily with screen readers. When using BlueSky on the phone, it would be easier to navigate the posts with rotor gestures, like, reply, reshare;

Bluesky

Definitely looking forward to custom GIFs and videos! Thank you for improving this platform with features that, okay yes very much needed, are also what the users have been asking for!

Bluesky

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