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A little over a month ago the largest social network for fiber crafts did a launch of a new website and within hours folks with visual issues had problems. There have been seizures, migraines and brain bleeds from the site not following the accessibility rules for websites. And instead of a hard stance like the folks have taken with hate speech (its not allowed), being diversity inclusive for the LGBQTA+ community as a whole and fighting for Black Lives Matter, this entire issue has been met with all posts asking for changes etc being blocked, deleted and closed.
The staff at Ravelry are now discriminating against a minority of folks who are affected by their very product. I'm one of those people...I see differently than most folks, I need high contrast to do a lot of work and use "dark modes" on all of my tech devices as I can. I get nauseus using the new site within about 10 mins. Everything is too bright and the wrong kind of contrast. You can now "opt-in" to use the Old Ravelery but we've been told that it will be shut down eventually.
I am sad and disheartened by all of this. A community that has helped me through so much and is now not accessible to me and many others and then we are ignored, shut down and downright deleted. WTF?
In the mean time if you do use ravelry and you share links please append any links with the following:
/?newlook=0
This will default the link to the old ravelry pages and make it so folks who are like me can see the pages and now have a medical issue.
This isn't right and it sucks and I'm still in disbelief that the staff is treating this minority with such disregard when they have been so open in the past. It just boggles.
The staff at Ravelry are now discriminating against a minority of folks who are affected by their very product. I'm one of those people...I see differently than most folks, I need high contrast to do a lot of work and use "dark modes" on all of my tech devices as I can. I get nauseus using the new site within about 10 mins. Everything is too bright and the wrong kind of contrast. You can now "opt-in" to use the Old Ravelery but we've been told that it will be shut down eventually.
I am sad and disheartened by all of this. A community that has helped me through so much and is now not accessible to me and many others and then we are ignored, shut down and downright deleted. WTF?
In the mean time if you do use ravelry and you share links please append any links with the following:
/?newlook=0
This will default the link to the old ravelry pages and make it so folks who are like me can see the pages and now have a medical issue.
This isn't right and it sucks and I'm still in disbelief that the staff is treating this minority with such disregard when they have been so open in the past. It just boggles.
