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I don't know if I buy the consistency answer. There's ways to do that (even with complicated formula), but it is an interesting way to avoid x-browser CSS issu

by wdr1 17y ago

I don't know if I buy the consistency answer. There's ways to do that (even with complicated formula), but it is an interesting way to avoid x-browser CSS issues. My own hunch is they did it to avoid scraping/botting. Hopefully they switch to text at some point in the future.

andylei 17y ago
> My own hunch is they did it to avoid scraping/botting the text is in the alt attribute of the image. easily scraped.