Hello comrades! I am new to the world of reddit alternatives and have been interested in exploring welcoming anti-capitalist communities. I want to see a post-capitalist world in my lifetime, which means we are going to need to be open to new comrades of diverse backgrounds and abilities. With that in mind, we need to talk about the problematic signup process. In question here is the all important Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart every user must engage with in order to join the community. The current captcha process is very difficult for those with divergent visual abilities. As someone who relies on accessibility tools to interact with the digital world, I call on the techncs community to address the problematic choices in the sign up process. Additionally, consulting people with different abilities for input on technical architecture is a must to promote diversity in the community.
Yes the wording of this post is needlessly demanding, but people here blaming the disabled for a world that disables them need to think about their life choices.
You don't tell a guy in a wheelchair to "just get legs" when he stands before a stair without ramp, you tell the guy who build the stairs to build a ramp.
Equally you don't tell someone with impaired vision to "just host their own instance" you tell the guy who implemented the captcha to include an audio captcha.
Sure it should be done niceley and understanding from both sites, sure both should work on the solution, sure sometimes it isn't possible to include everyone. But if someone would be to blame, its the ones excluding, not the ones excluded.
God, people show some solidarity for once.