Since Saturday evening, X has been flooded with thousands of posts featuring simple images. It features the phrase “Click here” in bold black font and a diagonal downward arrow on a plain white background. This trend has many users wondering what this is all about. Are you one of those who get confused when your timeline is flooded with “click here” posts?
What is the “click here” trend?
The diagonal downward arrow points to the Alt Text section on the left.
This feature helps users add text descriptions to the photos they upload to the platform. This feature helps visually impaired people understand images using text-to-speech recognition and Braille language.
Photo descriptions as part of the alt text feature can be up to 420 characters.
Alt text functionality was introduced in X in 2016.
“…we empower everyone to make sure the content they share on Twitter is accessible to the widest possible audience,” the social media giant said eight years ago. I mentioned this at launch.
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