#PostNews is ableist by intent. When I made my first post I was astonished that I couldn't add an image description to an infographic.
It turns out this is not an oversight. It's intentional. #Accessibility. /1
It turns out this is not an oversight. It's intentional. #Accessibility. /1
The founder of Post says "We want to do it all but first, let's get everyone in."
Well, everyone in who is sighted, that is.
If #accessibility is not part of the design from the start, it won't be easily added in the future. /2
Well, everyone in who is sighted, that is.
If #accessibility is not part of the design from the start, it won't be easily added in the future. /2
Post is excluding smart people like @DavidLepofsky, a lawyer who was responsible for forcing the Toronto Transportation System to add stop announcements. Which of course helps the sighted too. /3
If accessibility is not baked in from the start, it's much harder to add later. It's not a feature. It's a requirement for a modern social media presence.
I can't accept this, so I'm out of there. /4
I can't accept this, so I'm out of there. /4
I deleted the handful of posts I'd made there, and put this one up instead. Of course, the replies are mostly apologists: "oh it's in beta", "they'll add it later", "it's unfair to expect them to have this feature". /5 post.news/article/2J5qQJ…
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