Okay, staff, I am super freaking pissed about the update and here’s why.
I cannot read your new format.
I’m not trying to be whiny or nitpicky or over-dramatic. I can appreciate that you were attempting to make things look more organised/less confusing/whatever. I also expect the new format is a great improvement for people who have screen readers. That’s great. That’s fine.
I just cannot freaking read this. I have dyslexia, and my dyslexia is set off by pictures, bold, italics, anything that is more “interesting” to my brain than plain, unadorned text.
Like this monstrosity:
Look at it. Just look at it. The pictures get in between the lines of text, there’s distracting colors and pictures everywhere. The names are bolded when they’re really not the most important thing. Looking at this, I see everything except what I’m supposed to see, that cheesy series of puns. (No pun intended.)
You literally couldn’t have made a worse format for me if you’d tried.
The thing is, your format was what made me really like Tumblr in the first place. It was super clear who was writing something new, because look, there was a freaking line pointing right to it. Unless someone started writing in all caps or bold or whatever, all the text in a post had the same amount of emphasis. Finally, SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET I COULD READ.
And now, now I can’t read any of it at all.
So yeah, I’m pissed.
Like, I know that you’re not going to change it back, because you never seem to listen when anyone on your site complains about anything. I’m not sure why I bothered writing this to you guys, given your track record.
But now’s your chance to prove me wrong. Seriously, the least you could do is give us an option here. You’ve still got the old code. Just stick a button somewhere to revert to the old format so I can enjoy my text posts in peace.
Sincerely,
Dyslexic Blogger
SIGNAL BOOST because I really hope Tumblr pays attention to this. I’m sure Miraniel’s not the only Tumblr blogger/reader in this position.
why can’t boys wear make-up? without getting made fun of??? who decided this?? what if a boy wants to cover up a spot… they just can’t??? why can’t they????? tell me
because society has deemed makeup a feminine product and kids are taught that feminine = weak
OK I DONT KNOW IF THE STEVEN UNIVERSE FANDOM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ALREADY BUT IF NOT I FEEL THE NEED TO MAKE THE EXISTENCE OF GEMDAT.ORG KNOWN TO EVERYONE MAKING SU OCS
SO I JUST DISCOVERED THIS SITE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND HERE’S WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT IT
OK? YEAH. YOU CAN SEARCH GEMSTONES BY COLOR AS WELL AS BY CUT, AND WHILE I THINK THE COLOR SEARCH IS PROBABLY MORE USEFUL, SEARCHING BY CUT IS PRETTY INTERESTING TOO
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF GEM YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, JUST REPEATEDLY REFRESH WHILE BORING YOUR EYES INTO THE “RANDOM GEMSTONE” CORNER
AND THEN, WHEN YOU GO TO A GEMSTONE’S PROFILE IT WILL GIVE YOU THESE
COLOR VARIATIONS!!!!
VARIATIONS OF THE GEMSTONE!!!
PHOTOS OF UNCUT SAMPLES!!!
AND OF COURSE A GIANT INDEX OF ALL THE GEMSTONES THEY HAVE INFO ON!!!!
THIS HAS BEEN A LOUD AND SOMEWHAT POORLY WRITTEN PSA!!!
Okay so wait a second here People with adhd, dyslexia, autistic people, and various other neurodivergencies are complaining that the update is inaccessible to them and makes the site hard for them to use, but you people are more concerned with how the roleplay community is affected by all of this???
