• leadore@lemmy.world
          5·
          10 months ago

          I don’t know if there is a way you’re supposed to be able to do it, but one thing you can do is right-click the image and pick Inspect from the context menu, which will open a panel with the HTML of the image highlighted, and part of that will be the alt text if there is any.

          Also I have a Firefox extension that adds “Copy Alt text” to the context menu when you right-click an image. I’ve used that and pasted into a text editor, which usually works as well.

          Both of those are inconvenient, but at least you can find it. But there should be a button on the image to view it easily like there is on Mastodon.

            • leadore@lemmy.world
              3·
              10 months ago

              Are there Lemmy mobile apps? I don’t even know, I only access it via the browser. But if there are, maybe request that feature.

              • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                6·
                10 months ago

                There are multiple. There’s Voyager, also available as a PWA if you want to stick to using your browser. I personally use Thunder most days.

                The “official” app, made by the main lemmy dev is Jerboa, but like most first party fediverse apps, it’s barebones compared to third party offerings.

                ETA:
                I’m on Android. Don’t really know about iPhone options.

                • SeekPie@lemm.ee
                  3·
                  10 months ago

                  I think Voyager is also on iOS? The default style at least is iOS, the Android style (iirc) is still beta.

                  Though I don’t have iPhone, just using Voyager on Android.

              • pseudo@jlai.lu
                2·
                10 months ago

                Well, I’m on a mobile browser and I don’t know how to do it either…

            • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              I’m using Thunder on mobile and opening images shows their alt text under the image.

              Some sites will show alt text when you hover your mouse over an image on PC as well.

              Screen readers are the main use for alt text to describe the images to visually impaired users though.

        • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          In the Lemmy web UI in a browser, clicking the third button from the left (from the left it’s the upvote, downvote, then the page with a turned corner looking thing) will show the source code for a message. Below it’s colored green after having pressed it:

          can you read this?

          The “Alt text” is the part between the straight brackets, before the URL in the parentheses. So “img1”, “img2”, and “img3” in the screenshot - see how original they are!?:-P

  • Mangoholic@lemmy.ml
    631·
    10 months ago

    Never gonna give you up never gonna let you down… Fuck how is this my brains first thought, thats insane.

    • 0ops@lemm.ee
      20·
      10 months ago

      Seriously I didn’t even need the hint. My first impression when I saw all those empty letters was that there’s no way I can guess this. Take a stab at it anyway, shed a tear as I realized that I guessed it first fucking try. Only then I see the hint. I think Rick Astley secretly controls society.

    • FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
      17·
      10 months ago

      Yep. If you’re on the internet for long enough, you pretty much develop a sixth sense for when you’re being rickrolled. As soon as I saw that ‘Never’ fit, I knew what was up.

      • Redfox8@mander.xyz
        6·
        10 months ago

        Yup, same, I didn’t even look for hints, just tried those lyrics…and groaned! Just like loosing the game, once you’ve been sucked into the vortex you’ll never get out!

        And yes, I just lost the game.

  • Goun@lemmy.ml
    29·
    10 months ago

    Is this from the soundtrack of a famous video people would often send?

  • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
    23·
    10 months ago

    Do you think in 20-30 years time, you can do the same with a 2010s song lyric, with the answer being Baby Shark? Or is Rick Astely just too famous/infamous to be replaced?

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
      18·
      10 months ago

      I didn’t think any will work.

      Rickroll has been a thing for what 20 years? It’s not about just being catchy. It came about in a time when ‘going viral’ still meant something. Early Internet culture spread it everywhere. I remember an addon in WoW that was a full screen Rickroll. People everywhere in various forums were tricking folks. So many people have grown up with it.

      • Sabata@ani.social
        3·
        10 months ago

        Ai will rick roll you with youtube links sometimes. The meme has transcended humans.