From 86c8d9ecec28cd4635bddc963872706ce89672ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose Hellsing <rose@pinkro.se>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:26:56 +0200
Subject: status: dont set filename as alt text

---
 mastodon/status.go | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'mastodon/status.go')

diff --git a/mastodon/status.go b/mastodon/status.go
index 34f8727..0a95e80 100644
--- a/mastodon/status.go
+++ b/mastodon/status.go
@@ -311,10 +311,14 @@ func (c *Client) UploadMediaFromMultipartFileHeader(ctx context.Context, fh *mul
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	mw := multipart.NewWriter(&buf)
 	fname := filepath.Base(fh.Filename)
-	err = mw.WriteField("description", fname)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	// I dont like setting the alt text of an image to the filename
+	// rather not have alt text at all
+
+	// err = mw.WriteField("description", fname)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return nil, err
+	// }
+
 	part, err := mw.CreateFormFile("file", fname)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
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