so i wanted to talk a little bit about accessibility in the rpc, because over time i feel like itβs become less and less accessible and harder to communicate your needs with other people in the rpc. aesthetics are important. i know this. iβm guilty of being a slave to aesthetics and graphics etc, but please still be mindful of people who might not be able to access your blog because of this.Β
a BIG THING is avoiding copy & paste fancy fonts, which are the bane of every person who uses a screenreader and anyone else who struggles reading different fonts all at once. if you have everything written in fancy fonts, you owe me $50. anyways, just refrain from using them! i know they look very neat. i know theyβre sexy. but just find alternatives, like html tags (<code> tags are a neat dupe to the monospace fancy fonts) and things like that. if anything, ask your partner(s) if theyβre okay with you using those fonts in your threads. communication!!!! communication!!!!!!!!!!!Β
in the same vein of screenreaders, make sure that all of your text is plain text, and not images! thereβs plenty of blogs iβve seen out there who have most of their descriptions, carrd pages, etc, ALL written in images, which is impossible to access for a myriad of different reasons. donβt do that. just use regular text. iβm begging.Β
carrds or linked pages attached to your blog are often easier to navigate than google docs on mobile. iβm not saying you need to change to carrd or anything, but offering an alternative is very helpful. it can just be all your text copy and pasted into a regular page.Β
iβve heard people find carrds that donβt have clear navigation to be an issue (links without clear direction, images with no label, etc, etc) so i would just suggest having an option for a clear navigation. if anyone wants to elaborate on that more, feel free to.Β
at the end of the day, communicate with your partners more! make it clear that you both are there for fun and care for each otherβs health and ability to pursue this silly little hobby. listen to each other. take each otherβs needs into account. the rpc has become a place centered around the aesthetics rather than the fun and connections in my opinion, and i think we need to make sure weβre not just focusing on the aesthetics.Β
again, aesthetics are important (depending who you ask ofc), but accessibility and community is also if not moreΒ important.Β