Rob Vincent (OLD ACCOUNT)Jul 2, 2023

Reddit has now sufficiently broken their own site that moderators of the blind community's subreddit who are themselves blind can no longer access the moderator tools.

This statement by the mod team is worth a read to understand the full extent of the failure.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14nzwkm/they_finally_did_it_reddit_made_it_impossible_for/

Edit: it's also worth noting that this community now has a dedicated Lemmy instance. https://RBlind.com

Edit 2: Here are archived copies of the mod team's post for those who don't want to click a Reddit link.
https://archive.is/1bk6N
https://web.archive.org/web/20230703134218/https://old.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14nzwkm/they_finally_did_it_reddit_made_it_impossible_for/

#blind #accessibility #reddit

They finally did it: Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate their own sub

Since the [latest "accessibility" update to the Reddit app](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/14n9426/), the amount and magnitude of new...

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Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)Jul 2, 2023
@Rob_T_Firefly Good thing that r/blind moderators had planned for their instance on lemmy before it went even more bad!
Show threadCassandrichJul 2, 2023
@xogium @Rob_T_Firefly Moving is absolutely the right move, but lawyering up to fuck Reddit would be awesome too.
Show threadSean Eric FaganJul 3, 2023
@dalias @xogium @Rob_T_Firefly The ADA has *really big* teeth.
Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)Jul 3, 2023

@kithrup @dalias @Rob_T_Firefly Personally I would just not bother.

I mean, sure accessibility is important, but with the way reddit CEO has been acting, and reddit folks over all, I think it's just suiting to leave them to wallow in their own dug grave they've been busy at making. Leave them to rot, and long live the fediverse.

Show threadSean Eric FaganJul 3, 2023
@xogium @dalias @Rob_T_Firefly The ADA allows an affected person to sue to get the changes done, and recover legal costs.
Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)Jul 3, 2023

@kithrup @dalias @Rob_T_Firefly I wonder how much of that is actually true or worth it.

If it was true, why are so many apps and websites still not accessible to us? Like *cough* uber eats.

Like, I'm just doubtful it even matters that much, but it might be my scinical side talking.

Show threadSean Eric FaganJul 3, 2023
@xogium @dalias @Rob_T_Firefly There are a bunch of factors that go into it, but if you *had* accessibility, and *made it worse*, most of those go away.
Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)

@kithrup @dalias @Rob_T_Firefly Can we say that they had it though? Also then that means uber eats can be attacked for this too.

Tons and tons of unlabelized buttons in the main screen of the uber eats app on ios for about a month by now, it moves you this way and that on the screen also.

Android's app is no better, as it has the move everywhere problem on top of not saying the names of items when you're trying to buy grossery.

Jul 3, 2023 at 11:37amWeb
Show threadSean Eric FaganJul 3, 2023
@xogium @dalias @Rob_T_Firefly As I am not impacted, and am not a lawyer, not much I can do. (I *have* had to implement various accessibility things, however.)