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Re: alt text for facebook images

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From: Sandy
Date: Jan 23, 2014 2:18PM

> I suspect you can't really tell if it's worked until you "publish".
> When I look at my timeline, the alt text for images is exactly the
> same as what people put as text. The value of having the same text
> twice is another issue! I couldn't find the information you were
> talking about on the page you gave, but I would suggest that that is
> the best place to ask.
>

Sarah, that's a good thing to look for.

(Just so you know, the text that's there now is just for testing. The
site owners will write the real copy instead of us here at the
Department of Redundancy Department.)

thanks for taking the time to answer,
Sandy