Post #4353146
2026-08-01 11:06 UTC
@akareilly@hachyderm.io "no actually we can't make our tool more accessible. You see, because its actually the users fault for being stupid or something, and we refuse to take responsibility for not letting the design of the tool teach them how to use it. Everyone should've just checked the Linux man pages if they wanted to know how to use my app."
Yeah.... we need a better emphasis on how regular people interact with their tech if we want to see open source start to become a viable political solution to certain tech-related problems
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@riverpunk@defcon.social 2026-08-01 11:15
@akareilly@hachyderm.io btw, I've written a few things about this, cuz I think it's an issue that's been overlooked for far too long in the Open Source community. "Accessibility in Tech Communication" https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/accessibility-in-tech-communication/ "A Reasonable Analysis of the Social Web: or, How Not To Promote A New Tech Alternative" https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/a-reasonable-analysis-of-the-social-web/ I really wanna see more people talking loudly about this issue, especially as we enter into the enshittocene where everything in Big Tech has suddenly become 10x worse than it was a decade ago.