In the wake of Twitter utterly and completely sh*tting the bed, everyone is scrambling to find the new social network that will take its place. Where will we share our unhinged, horny, and unfiltered opinions now? Will it be Mastodon? Hive? Fosstodon? Something else with the “don” at the end? We don’t know. We only know that one app so far, the newly-launched Post, is off to a pretty dismal start. It didn’t take long for folks to notice something a little bit off in the Terms of Service, which list billionaires as a protected class, but not folks with disabilities.
https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/109420166349211673
Obviously, this isn’t a great look, and folks aren’t happy.
RT @[email protected]
The founder of Post said today that the company is explicitly *not* focused on accessibility. Disappointing to read something like this in 2022 #tech #technology #Disability #twitter #postnews #twittermigrationhttps://t.co/Zf0QhJ7f2R pic.twitter.com/3tW4fyujCY— @[email protected] (@nottrobin) November 28, 2022
Then again, it’s not exactly a shock: the app’s founder, Noam Bardim, is the former CEO of Waze, the app that was always forcing me to make extremely dangerous left-hand turns into 6-lane traffic. So you know, color me unsurprised.
So the new social media platform, Post, doesn’t think focusing on #accessibility is worth doing right now. Accessibility is not a feature, folks! It’s critical for people with disabilities who make up about 25% of the U.S. population.
— Julie Romanowski (@jr_roman) November 27, 2022
While most apps are services are fairly ableist, it’s less common for them to say the quiet part out loud. But I guess with Post, all bets are off.
