This post about `og:image:alt` just feels wrong. Alt text is often about inclusion. If you add a photo of pizza to your web page, it's there to elicit a response or emotion, and the alt text should reflect that.
Their interpretation of the "alt decision tree" seems like fishing for excuses to skip the alt text. https://yoast.com/developer-blog/why-we-dont-set-the-og-image-alt-tag/
Annika Backstrooms
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