They promise this each and every time there is a conflict between Reddit and the userbase.
For as long as the platform has existed.
Them neglecting to actually implement anything is the very reason so many external applications came to be.
And the very few times they actually did start releasing some accessibility or moderation tools, as soon as any conflict died down, they stopped developing those features and left them in a half finished state or removed them down the line.
Or they do ridiculous shit like trying to market their "new" reddit user interface and app as being accessible and having tools, while in reality, even fully able users can't work with that pile of shit.
Considering that r/Blind is apparently having issues getting Reddit to listen to them when it comes to accessible tools, I’m not sure I believe Reddit on this.
Okay but why didn't they have a usable option before killing off the stuff people use? This stupid-ass tradition of companies timing things in ways that make no sense outside their own corrupted minds... Did they surprise themselves with this timing? Is there literally some hidden authority running the world but it's actually one guy from 4chan who just out of nowhere declared "Enshittify NOW!! Trolololololol" and they had to do it?
Baffling that they couldn't have set a time that worked to make something or made something that worked before starting this crap. People even begged them to simply delay the switch, which obviously would've given their code-slaves more time to solve this mess for them but noooope. What good is kicking your userbase in the pants whilst lighting your company aflame if you're not gonna laugh at the fire and the fleeing?
Okay but why didn't they have a usable option before killing off the stuff people use?
They didn't fucking think about it. It literally never occurred to them to consider all the third-party work that went into being able to make their site actually usable. They just assumed that, obviously, the official app is fine, and people would just "adjust".
The conversation they had with the mods of r/blind was a complete joke. It just never once occurred to anyone that people with accessibility needs use Reddit at all.
The following is a dramatization
"Who in your company has accessibility certifications, and which ones?"
"..... uh....... well, of course we do...[texting their boss what the fuck is an accessibility certification???] I just.... [ding! A what? TF is that?].... am not allowed to answer that..... ... right now..."
"When was the last time you had a third-party accessibility audit, and who performed it?"
".....oh, we.... totally... had an accessibility audit, just... like... you know, just recently! And it was performed by.... uh.... [texting Who the fuck does accessibility audits???]... uh, you know, that big company, from Canada... you've probably never met them... [ding! What audits? The fuck are those? I don't fucking know!] I'm just... not allowed to say right now."
Even if they are coming, I don‘t think any of us which are already here will switch back. They should‘ve thought of this before they broke their platform.
After the shut down of 3rd party apps, the latest update to the official app broke accessibility for mod tools, so /r/blind mods now say it's impossible for blind moderators to moderate their own sub.
It said the changes will be rolled out starting Saturday.
According to Google, it looks as if Reddit did roll out mod tools to help replace the 3rd party apps they've been using. I wonder how effective they are so far.
Link works in kbin.social. Since this is a lemmy instance, it might be a url formatting issue on lemmy's end. I just tried the link through Firefox on kbin.social and it works...I'm currently on Chrome.
If they come, it’s only because they we bullied into it and they will be half baked. They had years to add this on their own and they didn’t. So it will be rushed out because of the protest and even with all those thousands of paid devs will still somehow (spez) manage to be inferior to the third party tools they took away.
Hello fellow Lemmings! It is I, thefloatingpoint from the future. I have traveled back in time to tell you the tales from Reddit.
The tools came 3 month after this announcement.
They didn’t work at all.
As of 2025 they still don’t.
Also Spez died in self strangulation while masturbating to a picture of Elon Musk. Who in turn died in a ball of fire after his latest patch for Twitter went online.
I do most of my moderation on mobile and in new reddit you can’t access the sidebar in the mobile view they give. I have to use old reddit therefore. The sidebar has the mod tools linked to it as well as rules and a bucnh of other useful things… that are all not visible in mobile. Their UI standards are very low.
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