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View submission: Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future of the /r/blind subreddit
Assuming this means Reddit is itself struggling to maintain sustainability, I'd expect that even accessibility concerns won't be enough to change the site's strategy. That said, is Discord any better?
Comment by fastfinge at 03/06/2023 at 23:10 UTC
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While Discord isn't perfect, they have made and continue to make constant improvements to Discord accessibility. They are also extremely responsive; Discord employees hang out in the r/blind Discord server, and quickly respond to feedback, fix bugs when they crop up, and have full time folks responsible for accessibility on staff. While I personally wish Discord offered a more open API, the fact is that as a practical matter, Discord is the place that the largest number of blind folks will be able to access in order to engage in realtime coordination.
Comment by merRedditor at 04/06/2023 at 17:31 UTC
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I don't know the whole story, but Reddit is going public, and that does lead to profit-seeking behavior to impress investors. So the two workarounds are to either negotiate a way to make the adjustments profitable to the company, or to make it expensive to not make the adjustments. Raising awareness is a good first step toward the second item. I think it's too late to talk them out of listing on stock exchanges.
Comment by MustacheEmperor at 07/06/2023 at 21:15 UTC
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struggling to maintain sustainability
Sustainability means making enough money to cover your bills every month - a long time ago when Gold was introduced, there was a bar graph on the right side of the website to show Gold income vs Reddit's server bills, and after many months of income always exceeding expenses it was removed.
Reddit isn't looking for sustainability, they are looking for the kind of user monetization growth Wall Street will want to see in an IPO, an event they've been promising to their team and investors for years. They are hoping to get truly rich off a public offering and are ripping up the studs to sell the wire in the walls, because when they're done they won't have to live here.