Discord: Just a little "friendlier"

discord stop replying to mindless praise on twitter and coming off as ableist challenge (instant fail)
made this because i had to explain myself to 20 people on twitter and figured a video would be easier. discord fucking reverse this

[@babypinksnail]

Out of curiosity what are examples of colors that are ableist outside of blurple? I personally am a huge fan of Y2K aesthetic, however I know they have a lot of bright colors in them, so im curious about what kind colors are often/were often used with various design styles that due to being too bright are very harmful to neurodivergent people. Out of curiosity, is this any brighter color at all? Or is it specific bright colors not just anything that isn't de saturated heavily? Hope this isn't too much, if so I apologies.

[@SuperKirbylover]

you're fine, i think this is a wonderful question to ask! i don't know much about Y2K's aesthetic, but after a quick google i don't find myself experiencing too much eyestrain. eyestrain typically happens with neon colors (or colors that have their saturation cranked up to the max) like 255 red, blue, etc. there are ways to balance neon colors so it isn't as straining, but the key is balance. making something have nothing BUT neon colors is a surefire way to cause people eyestrain and cause bad experiences. discord in this case doesn't demonstrate balance with their colors, causing a lot of people to get upset. i hope i explained myself well!! feel free to ask more questions about this

[@babypinksnail]

@@SuperKirbylover Makes sense to me. I find it ironic that this over simplification trend is getting to the point of becoming less accessible rather than more accessible. I can also safely say this blurple color is awful and I want the old purple back. New font is also boring and reminds me of baby monitor packaging.

[@EmeraldCoasttt]

@@SuperKirbylover And there's like. A big difference between aesthetic things having neon and literally ui you look at for hours, like back to the future hoverboards are fine when you're not intended to read text on them

[@EmeraldCoasttt]

Y2K vibes are fine because they're just like, objects, they aren't ui things you have to stare at for hours Neon purple gba? Cool! Neon purple ui inside that gba? That's not good

[@jehksaen]

im blind

[@jermfanaccount]

hey, so uh, sorry if i come off as ignorant or not knowledgeable but i'd like to ask how Discord's colour scheme is ableist? i'm aware that it could hurt a lot of people's eyes (i gotta admit it's a tad hard on mine and is a little overstimulating) but it seems a bit... i dunno. i'm a little bit stumped so i apologise if this came off as a weird question or anything

[@SuperKirbylover]

you're completely fine! i love to answer questions like this! it comes off as ableist because discord claims to be more friendly with the new redesign. however, if anything, it's done nothing but harm or even drive those with visual issues off of the platform. some people cannot even use the program without experiencing eyestrain, migraines, etc!

[@jermfanaccount]

@@SuperKirbylover while i don't think they're doing it to be openly malicious, i think they should at least offer some different themes to choose on their website and applications, like maybe in the setting and in one of the top corners of the website. it comes off as a little bit ignorant of them honestly

[@joshuacyprien]

So because YOU have bad eyes, a company have to change everything ?????

[@SuperKirbylover]

it isn't hard to account for accessibility.

[@bingus_luver5984]

They could add accessibility features without much bother