“We should not publicly shame companies for being inaccessible because that only produces fear-induced compliance instead of sustainable compliance.”
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“We should not publicly shame companies for being inaccessible because that only produces fear-induced compliance instead of sustainable compliance.”
*Eric turns chair and then baseball cap around.*
Better fear-induced compliance than no compliance at all.
@yatil result over motivation
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@yatil @Tamasg and quite frankly, repots like this, aren't encouraging: https://webaim.org/projects/million/
@jstark @Tamasg The absolute numbers don’t look good, the change looks quite encouraging, actually. I wrote about it here: https://yatil.net/blog/access-by-a-thousand-curb-cuts
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@yatil @Tamasg and quite frankly, repots like this, aren't encouraging: https://webaim.org/projects/million/
@jstark Sometimes though change happens because people did work on the inside. When Microsoft decided to add MSAA (Microsoft Active accessibility) to Windows, it wasn't because there was a lawsuit, but we had people like Kelly Ford and others working inside to make change happen. Wouldn't call that one fear-based, although perhaps pressures by orgs did help that come along, since people were so concerned about transitioning from DOS to Windows. But I definitely know that that one wasn't lawsuit, but in 1997, primarily due to pressure from disability advocates and government agencies. @yatil
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@jstark Sometimes though change happens because people did work on the inside. When Microsoft decided to add MSAA (Microsoft Active accessibility) to Windows, it wasn't because there was a lawsuit, but we had people like Kelly Ford and others working inside to make change happen. Wouldn't call that one fear-based, although perhaps pressures by orgs did help that come along, since people were so concerned about transitioning from DOS to Windows. But I definitely know that that one wasn't lawsuit, but in 1997, primarily due to pressure from disability advocates and government agencies. @yatil
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“We should not publicly shame companies for being inaccessible because that only produces fear-induced compliance instead of sustainable compliance.”
*Eric turns chair and then baseball cap around.*
Better fear-induced compliance than no compliance at all.
@yatil Who the hell is carrying water for the corps?
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“We should not publicly shame companies for being inaccessible because that only produces fear-induced compliance instead of sustainable compliance.”
*Eric turns chair and then baseball cap around.*
Better fear-induced compliance than no compliance at all.
@yatil There's been so many times in life I'd *love* to be able to point to shaming to justify to my superiors why I'm spending time on accessibility.
Put another way: I think shaming could very well help out those that are already motivated to allow them to do what they actually want to do (make stuff that's accessible).
I know I'm not alone in literally being told to not spend time and resources on accessibility.
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@yatil Who the hell is carrying water for the corps?
@aardrian Some guy on LinkedIn. As always.
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@aardrian Some guy on LinkedIn. As always.
@yatil Ah, yeah, LinkedIn is not exactly known for people sharing smart ideas.
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