Comment by k4rp_nl on 20/06/2023 at 10:28 UTC

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View submission: r/Blind's Meetings with Reddit and the Current Situation Regarding Accessibility and API Changes

Good job by you all!

Sounds like they were unable to give any concrete answers, nothing solid, no commitments. Sadly, expected.

A /r/blind that excludes blind moderators is a nice (not) piece of ableism right there. And excluding mods will leads to communities that do not properly represent everybody. Which will be reflected in a shallow and exclusive platform.

The platform has been built without accessibility in mind. I remember doing a quick review of the redesign and it was horrible. The number of issues is abundant. The code showed absolutely no intent of doing things right.

The whole idea of "accessibility-focused apps" is ableist and exlusive. Such a horrible user-hostile platform. It's antisocial media right now.

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Comment by MostlyBlindGamer at 20/06/2023 at 10:53 UTC

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Right, that’s why I asked for a definition of “accessibility-focused apps,” when we should instead be striving for universal design.