Many accessibility advocates are frustrated with Reddit.
  • kneelknee 🐖@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 years 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.

    • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

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

      • cwagner@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Ehhhh, let’s say I was some deluded fucked in the head person, and thought reddit is doing everything right. I don’t think I’d have a high opinion of the verge right now ;)

    • jclinares@kbin.social
      5·
      2 years 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·
        2 years 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.

  • Mereo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    I have to say, well written article (too bad they only mentioned Beehaw and not Lemmin). Reddit cannot exist without user content and more importantly the moderators who do a hard job for free.

    Without moderators, subreddits simply become a free for all, the far west.

  • SmolderingSauna@kbin.social
    3·
    2 years 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.