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Digg is still around. So is Slashdot. For some definition of "still around." > The energy is better spent getting Reddit to improve their official app imho Th
by deckard1 3y ago
Digg is still around. So is Slashdot. For some definition of "still around."
> The energy is better spent getting Reddit to improve their official app imho
The market forces of a site like Reddit (or most web sites, frankly) are fundamentally against accessibility. The mobile web site nags me constantly with a banner popup to install their native app. How does one even talk about accessibility in the presence of dark patterns that make a site inaccessible to even those without the need for a11y?
If I'm being blunt, a11y is nothing more than a sledge hammer that devs use to bash other devs over the head with. A lot of "thou shall nots" with not a whole lot of actual user testing. Sprinkling aria attributes and "semantic" tags all over your DOM doesn't make your site accessible. Not when you're also putting in ads, carousels, and various other things that go completely against it.
- UberFly 3y agoSlashdot should be a harbinger to Reddit. Community can just leave. Reddit is happily shutting out very active partners instead of working with them.