A recent Mastodon update began penalizing images with alt text by including a Twitter-style, partially-obscuring label reading "ALT". This removes the label.
Mastodon remove alt penalty by mcclure
Details
Authormcclure
LicenseCC0 / public domain
Categorymastodon.social, octodon.social, tenforward.social
Created
Updated
Size449 B
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Description
Notes
Thanks to Tavy.
According to reports this only works in Firefox if you enable ":has" in about:config.
Source code
/* ==UserStyle==
@name Mastodon remove alt penalty
@version 20230512.20.50
@namespace ?
==/UserStyle== */
@-moz-document regexp("https?:\\/\\/(octodon|mastodon|tenforward)\\.social\\/.*") {
.media-gallery__item:has(img[alt]) .media-gallery__gifv__label {
display:none
}
.media-gallery__item:has(video[aria-label]) .media-gallery__gifv__label:first-child:has(~ .media-gallery__gifv__label) {
display:none
}
}