the_itsb (she/her)

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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    1!Open Alpha!! RBlind - A community on Lemmy, brought to you by the moderators of the /r/blind subreddit.com

    Submitted 11 hours ago by user DHamlin Music (flair: Bilateral Optic Neuropathy)

    Since the news broke regarding the forthcoming changes to reddit’s API and the ippact that will have on the third party apps and tools many of us rely upon the mods here at r/blind have been working on an accessible option for those who either cannot or will not be staying on reddit. As talk of alternatives like mastodon, lemmy, and the like have increased we decided that it would be best to reveal what we have been working on, hence this post. Several days ago we shared this with those of you on our Discord server and have been asking for feedback.

    This project is by no means finished or polished, and is currently operating on development backend code and a beta UI to allow for access to still unreleased features that our community needs such as up/down votes displaying state changes, and nested comments, read this as there are and will be bugs and outstanding accessibility problems. However, the advantage of this platform is we control the servers, the UI, and can fix accessibility concerns ourselves instead of relying on a for profit company or the generosity of app developers to do it for us, not that the latter is unappreciated.

    So please be understanding of the above and we hope those of you who decide to join and see what we have done so far for all of us, and please report problems as you find them.

    https://rblind.com/


  • Omg! Idk how I could ever confide in someone who treated me the way your therapist treated you, that’s terrible. Talk about disinterested! And after that rollercoaster with the other guy, my goodness. I think you’re incredibly brave, too.

    How did you find your current therapist? I know I definitely need therapy too, but money has been enough of a hurdle that I haven’t had to confront my fears about confiding in a stranger. How do you even decide who to call to set up an appointment? Do you interview them on the phone before making that first appointment?







  • That was my answer for why I wanted to join, too! And I answered the “what will you contribute?” one pretty simply too, with the same things I try to bring to any conversation: my knowledge and empathy wherever they can be helpful.

    I took the questions as the same kind of very basic filtering that my husband does for his tractor enthusiast Facebook group; he’s not looking for essays, he just wants to know people will actually read (and follow!) the rules and not be jerks.