[sixhobbits]

I'm always surprised at how in 2018, screenshots are often the fastest and most aesthetic way to share a few paragraphs of text. Considering the amount of text shared like this, I would have thought that there would be more search-friendly alternatives

[SloopJon]

I know it's easy to snipe, as we often do here on HN, but a series of screenshots with no alt text is an accessibility disaster.

[klez]

To be fair, in this case the original comment is linked to, so one just needs to click the link to have a text version of the screenshot.

[danso]

I'm surprised that it's used in the ycombinator blogposts, considering that it must be easier just to copy-paste the excerpted text into a stylized div. However, screenshotting text is the best way to share excerpts on Twitter, because of the lack of styling options and the character limit.

[LeoPanthera]

jwz uses CSS to reproduce the look of the iPhone Messages app when he is posting a text conversation. It's better than a screenshot since it's still text.

(I would like to an example but jwz doesn't allow links to his blog from HN.)