Many accessibility advocates are frustrated with Reddit.
  • kneelknee 🐖@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Reddit didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. According to Rathschmidt, “We’ll no longer comment on hearsay, unsubstantiated claims, or baseless accusations from The Verge. We’ll be in touch as corrections are needed.”

    That’s hilarious. Can’t say I’m surprised by the hostility – the articles from The Verge seem to be very favorable towards the protestors, third-party apps, etc.

    • jclinares@kbin.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      the articles from The Verge seem to be very favorable towards the protestors

      Because that’s what’s driving traffic for them right now. Let’s not forget that The Verge is also a soulless corporate entity. Peters has been doing a good job at covering the issues, but he wouldn’t be allowed to be as thorough if the topic and angle wasn’t a good driver of traffic.

      • Joncash2@lemmy.ml
        31·
        1 year ago

        I’m tired of people calling reddit a soulless corporate entity. If that were remotely true, they’d charge just enough for 3PA to make it unpalatable but still get people to pay it. Not make it so expensive it kills them entirely. If they were a soulless entity, u/spez would be spouting just enough corporate speak to make people upset but not be offensive.

        No, u/spez has made reddit something special in a sea of soulless corporate entities. U/spez has made reddit actually evil.

    • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      That quote just comes off super defensive, and that usually goes with the territory of being a shit head ime

  • SmolderingSauna@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Because of Reddit’s organic growth over time, it’s understandable that leadership may be unaware of/unfamiliar with all its moving parts. When good leaders discover moving parts are essential to a portion of their community, they normally strive to preserve and improve access to those moving parts. Not Reddit leadership: they’re continuing to double-down.