Since Saturday evening, X has been flooded with thousands of posts featuring simple images. It features the phrase “Click here” in bold black font and a diagonal downward arrow on a plain white background. This trend has many users wondering what this is all about. Are you one of those who get confused when your timeline is flooded with “click here” posts?
What is the “click here” trend?
The diagonal downward arrow points to the Alt Text section on the left.
This feature helps users add text descriptions to the photos they upload to the platform. This feature helps visually impaired people understand images using text-to-speech recognition and Braille language.
Photo descriptions as part of the alt text feature can be up to 420 characters.
Alt text functionality was introduced in X in 2016.
“…we empower everyone to make sure the content they share on Twitter is accessible to the widest possible audience,” the social media giant said eight years ago. I mentioned this at launch.
How X users responded to “Click Here”
Users from all walks of life, from politicians to certain influencers, were also wondering what the “click here” trend was all about.
Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi was among them.
“Click here. What’s the story of the photo?” My timeline is full of it! ” she wrote.
The BJP also jumped on the viral trend by sharing a ‘click here’ post with a message ahead of the upcoming Sabah elections.
“Phil Ek Baar Modi Sarkar (Modi Sarkar again),” the party wrote in Hindi in the alternative text section of the post.
Check out the BJP post here.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) posted a message about a large rally scheduled for Sunday, March 31 in a ‘click here’ post, with no other text explanation.
“Come to Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to save the country,” the party wrote in the alt text section of the post in Delhi at the time.
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