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Reddit Doesn’t Care about Accessibility, Fediverse Do You? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Thinker33 to c/a11y

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One of the reasons I left Reddit and jumped to Lemmy is because Reddit doesn’t care about accessibility. This post should serve as motivation for Lemmy and the Fediverse to do better. How can we make the experience accessible to a wide range of users?

I know the Fediverse has limited resources but focusing on key issues could go a long way to creating a more inclusive experience. I’m curious what actionable steps can be taken to improve the platform.

Also, what Fediverse apps are building in accessible features?

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[–] Hildegarde 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because fediverse projects use open standards, anyone can develop software that interfaces with it. You can see this in the large number of different Lemmy apps that are now available.

Reddit was accessible because it was open to developers to create accessibility tools. We are now seeing issues because they've cut off API access.

Because the open standards are fundamental to fediverse projects, there is no CEO who can block access.

Someone is making access ability tools. If not, you can be the one who does.

[–] Thinker33 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! Your answer is very helpful. I hope to promote the developers creating accessibilty tools for the fediverse in the future. If you know of any please share. I'm quite busy at the moment but I'd like to explore developing accessibility tools for the platform when I get more time down the road too.