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 threadRob Vincent (OLD ACCOUNT)Jul 3, 2023
@xogium @kithrup @dalias Folks giving up and leaving them to it is exactly what they want. They don't want to suffer the social, legal, or public-relations consequences of their crappy actions.
Show threadCassandrich
@Rob_T_Firefly @xogium @kithrup CEO really has no idea what he wants except to lash out at everyone who doesn't respect his authority. Making him "find out" via what happens to his job when the IPO implodes is gonna be sweet.
Jul 3, 2023 at 2:41pmWeb