Board Thread:Policies/@comment-1038387-20180506105530/@comment-20551-20180507180458

Alt text is sometimes thought of as only for the blind or those who have limited vision (i.e. disabled persons) but it is also useful for those who have images turned off (e.g. they have very restricted Internet connections or pay by the kilobyte) or for search engine indexing of an image, etc. We should clearly include alt text for many reasons and refusing to do even allow for it is hostile, yes. I'm not suggesting anyone in particular is obliged to add it, just that we shouldn't refuse to have it.