Wondering what this flood of #SaveA11yBots tweets is about?
Buckle up, I've got a story for ya
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Some background first:
"a11y" stands for "accessibility" (making things accessible to people with disabilities).
The "11" represents the eleven letters in between the "a" and the "y" in the longer word.
Hence, #SaveA11yBots is shorthand for "Save accessibility bots"!
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You might ask "So… who are the accessibility bots in #SaveA11yBots?"
Great question, curious reader!
They are any automated Twitter accounts that exist as a public service to make some aspect of Twitter more accessible to people with disabilities.
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