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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSince last Saturday, X (formerly Twitter) has been flooded with the viral “Click Here” trend, catching everyone’s attention. While many have been joining the bandwagon of this buzzing trend, numerous others remain puzzled about the new feature.<\/p>\n
Notably, major political parties such as the Bharatiya Janata Party, Aam Aadmi Party, and Congress have also actively engaged in the trend through their official X pages.<\/p>\n
What is the \u201cClick Here\u201d trend all about?<\/strong><\/p>\n This new trend has thousands of users sharing images featuring a stark white backdrop with the bold, black declaration “Click here” emblazoned across it.<\/p>\n The text is accompanied by a diagonally downward arrow, pointing to \u201cALT\u201d text or alternative text on the bottom left corner of the picture.<\/p>\n The \u201cALT\u201d text is a feature by X that helps its users add descriptions to the photos that they share on the platform.<\/p>\n Let us take a look at a few examples:<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/XBeO9LgZYT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BJP (@BJP4India) March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n pic.twitter.com\/784LgcFME6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n pic.twitter.com\/sxjarDNUgU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Some users also confessed that they were unable to understand this trend. Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote, \u201cWhat is the click here pic story? My timeline is full of it!\u201d<\/p>\n What is the click here pic story.? My timeline is full of it!<\/p>\n \u2014 Priyanka Chaturvedi???????? (@priyankac19) March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n What is the use of the feature and why Twitter created it?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Click Here feature is meant to help visually impaired users understand the image better, with the help of text-to-speech recognition and Braille language.<\/p>\n The \u201cALT\u201d text was introduced by the platform back in 2016 when the social media company was still known as Twitter.<\/p>\n Announcing the feature Twitter in its blog<\/a>, in 2016, stated, \u201cPhotos have been at the center of some of the biggest moments on Twitter. As a core part of the Twitter experience, it’s important that images shared on our platform are accessible to everyone, including those who are visually impaired.\u201d<\/p>\n It added, \u201cStarting today, people using our iOS and Android apps can add descriptions \u2014 also known as alternative text (alt text) \u2014 to images in Tweets. With this update, we’re empowering everyone to ensure content shared on Twitter is accessible to the widest possible audience.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Alt text is supposed to contain a textual description of what the image contains, to help the visually impaired people understand what the image is about. So, using that text for anything else is a misuse of that feature and goes against web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG),\u201d a user, wrote while explaining the feature.<\/p>\n Apologise! I’ve just deleted this tweet as I wasn’t aware that the feature was meant for people who are visually impaired.\n
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The Alt text is supposed to contain a textual description of what the image contains, to help the visually impaired people understand what the image is\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/I7DjYiqbnh<\/a><\/p>\n