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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 66 points 6 days ago

This comment perplexes me. A direct link to the image? Why not either embed that link so the image appears here on Lemmy without clicking a link, or link to the comic page which has both the comic and the title text?

[-] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago

Then there's also the download then upload into the comment approach:

[-] who@feddit.org 18 points 6 days ago

Neither of those is a good approach, because part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 39 points 6 days ago

part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

Yes…that would be why you would link directly to the comic…?

[-] who@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago

I was referring to the image-only link and the embed that you suggested. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 15 points 6 days ago

Of course, with an embedded direct link, you could put the title text in as alt text:

Her daughter is named Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory.

Unfortunately that won't always show up in the same way title text does.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago

Not to mention circumvents the purpose of alt. text letting those unable to see to know what's going on in the image.

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