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

I hope reddit advertisers can see this. Why would you want to be associated with a site that discriminates against the blind?

u/Spez really didn't take the community seriously with the protests which has lead to this mass exodus. Crazy how they killed their platform so quickly with the writing on the wall in neon bright colors.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is discriminating against people with disabilities!

I read the thread and I kind of cringed inside. I understand the moderators of r/blind want to keep the resources & information accessible but they actually tried to negotiate and sort it out with Reddit according to their words and Reddit just didn’t give a fuck about them. What I would’ve done is just nuke the sub and move to Lemmy yet they continue to eat shit from u/spez

I feel for them.

Things are getting worse. Some subreddits like /r/breastfeeding, which were private from the start, are now being forced by Reddit to make their subreddits public. It's completely stupid. r/breastfeeding NEEDS to stay private to keep creeps and weirdos away.

Someone needs to start a "campaign" for naming and shaming companies who advertises on Reddit. "[This company] supports a company that actively discriminates against the disabled. #SayNoToReddit"

What's so stupid is that they don't even have to do that. alt text can be fucking handled by eslint and a pipeline checker. This is basic devops. Reddit has 1400 employees, wtf are they doing?

Plebbit: "Oh, look! Our loyal users are disliking our new changes. Hmm... maybe we should screw with em by messing with their (basic and expected) user freedom! That will make em go back to their e-home, that's for sure!"

This would be illegal in the EU if true, websites MUST be accessible to those with disabilities. There are no exceptions.

I'm not up-to-date with the latest in accessibility, but does lemmy cater for those who need assistive tech? (just curious)

It's just sad to see how far reddit has fallen.

enshittification

I'd like to say i'm surprised but i'm really not and i doubt anyone else here is.

Abelist fucks over there.

Spez is such an ableist fascist who is so delusional in his own ego that all the lawsuits and low valuation of reddit will most likely come as a shock to him.

I’m curious how accessible Lemmy is to users who need to use assistive technology, and whether the many 3rd party app developers are making their apps accessible.

So dumb.

PS - It's quite awful reading reddit after being here. I uninstalled RES, and good lord reading the comment chains now is ghastly.

BRACE YOURSELF!

ADA lawsuit incoming.

The incompetency would be hilarious if not for the fact that it's actively harmful to online communities

Wow, why am I surprised... They said they were going to keep accessibility for the blind, but it sucks so bad, it's useless.

I never moderated a sub, but I am legally blind. Apollo had fantastic accessibility options while the official offering is garbage and makes using Reddit not only less enjoyable, but down right uncomfortable for some of us.

When the announcement came that Apollo was shutting down, I uninstalled and wiped my Reddit account. It's been over a month now.

My only issue is I haven't found an iOS app for kbin yet. So I'm basically just using the web version on PC.

They should sue under ADA

Is this legal in the US?

(almost) everyone saw that coming.

Just, yikes.

Don't link to reddit, use teddit 😄

Lol. Lmao.

As someone with partial blindness, this is very pathetic of u/spez!

Fuck /u/spez

I wonder what the usage numbers are now