cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/asklemmy/p/1210833/why-the-fuck-do-people-post-photos-of-text-instead-of-just-text

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1210820/why-the-fuck-do-people-post-photos-of-text-instead-of-just-text

I find this very weird.

On one hand you got text, which is very accessible and very efficient and easy to translate for non-native speakers.

On the other, you got photos of text which is inefficient, hard to translate and not easy to read compared to just text.

So what gives? Why do people use photos of text instead of text?

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago

Because clipping screenshots is easier than selecting and copying text on a touchscreen for most mobile devices.

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