#and isn’t that just the ableist American way 😔

[beandump]

Hi I'm so so glad you write ids for your art!! Would you consider putting them in the original post (and above the captions) to make them more accessible though? Putting ids in reblogs gives people the chance to ignore them when reblogging, and that makes the post as a whole less accessible. Also, this is just friendly advice, but adding humorous lines (like the "I'd steal it too" sentence of the comic with starfire's picolas cage shirt) isn't the best for ids, since they're supposed to be objective descriptions that provide equal access to people. That kind of comment is funny and totally fine to add on your own post, just hopefully not in your ids in the future! Thansk for listening, have a great day!

Hello!! Thanks so much for your message! I’ve been trying to keep up with doing IDs for my own stuff (since I can objectively describe my stuff more accurately than someone else lol) but I do admittedly get behind (the URGE to post art 3x a day so strong). The reason I have been doing so in reblogs on my main instead of on the original post is because I draw and use tumblr exclusively on mobile (phone app, draw on iPad, editing drafts from the app on the website a bitch bc sometimes entire paragraphs just DISAPPEAR even tho I CLICKED SAVE) and a read more isn’t an available option in the app. :/ amd my desc end up loooong bc I am anything but short winded and tend to post multiple drawings on one post or entire comics. so I typically do the IDs in big reblog groups when I can (unless the desc will be super short and doesn’t need a read more - come to think of it I have a few I should have added that to but I forgot, seeing privilege smh). I think I can do alt text on mobile, but I know that’s not a good option for screen readers. I figured reblogs would be okay since there are plenty of blogs already dedicated to reblogging and IDing undescribed posts, but I understand that that may make it harder for those using screen readers to find the ID version. HMMMMMM I WILL HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. Would editing the original post be better? So one can just click the source if they find a reblog without it? I always figured it was harder that way but now that I think about it that may be better, but there would still be versions out there without the ID. Aaaaaaa! Y’all please let me know here or @beansprean if you can do read more on mobile and I’m missing it somehow djdjdjdj that would fix all my problems

Do I just need to start making shorter descriptions?? Impossible, look how long I’ve been talking already.

(I have gotten the opposite reaction regarding adding lil ID-exclusive jokes before! would love to hear from more ppl who use a screen reader if that is more fun or just distracting, I’m sure there are differing opinions lol)

#image description #read more my beloved pls help me #if someone can show me how to do read more on the app I will kiss you on the mouth #or wave from a distance if that is your preference #it’s a reward not a threat #maybe if I can edit in safari on my iPad without the entire post vanishing and becoming uneditable #sometimes it works #I will do better in the future but the problem is I am lazy and desire instant gratification #and isn’t that just the ableist American way 😔 #holding out hope some beautiful person will tell me I am using the app wrong #anyway I care about getting this right and I super appreciate messages like this #I wish I remembered the name of the first person who helped me with it I treasure them in my heart