Randall never did so over on Twitter either and that's why @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social has had to step in here too to fill the gap.
I agree it's something he should do, but I've never seen him say why he can't/doesn't do it.
Because that's not the established purpose of Alt text on social media sites like this. The picture should have alt text describing what's in the picture so that vision-impaired users relying on text-to-speech screen readers can understand the post.
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I agree it's something he should do, but I've never seen him say why he can't/doesn't do it.
I even had to check the explanation in the ALT text to be sure.
I get it now
https://bsky.app/profile/chrislintott.bsky.social/post/3lavkrepo6s2m
Stop it.
:-|
https://194crafthouse.com/blogs/inspiration/different-types-of-spoons-and-theirs-use-with-image
I know that’s not what it’s supposed to be for, but it’s what xkcd has always done, and it’s so weird you don’t do it here.
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3011#Transcript
Here's a pronunciation guide