We are a traumagenic system with DID DNI: any type of bigot, including aphobes, shitty endos (you know who you are), âtulpamancersâ, MAPS/NOMAPS, ableists, etc Also we literally do not understand tumblr or tags so we trigger warn everything as best we can and sign off and thatâs about it, no actuallydid tags or anything even thought we actually have DID lol
These are aspects of people that are affected by Discordâs new update to its color scheme and font, and there very well could be more I didnât mention. Yes, you read it right, abled people and neurotypical people too. You are not immune to eyestrain.
What are the issues?
A font which is both overly uniform and overly squished, with many letters that have essentially the same silhouette as others and could easily be flipped and look the same as another.
â» This is dyslexic-unfriendly, as well as generally harder to read and an issue for people with visual impairments who may find that letters bleed together or that their eyes âskipâ over letters or words at times.
A color scheme that is so highly saturated that it both immediately draws your attention and also makes you want to immediately look away.
â» This is generally unfriendly, affecting people with sensory issues the most (ADHD/Autism, migraines, processing disorders), but itâs also colorblind-unfriendly. Due to the differences between the colors being exclusively the part that changes the named color (hue; âgreenâ vs âblueâ) instead of both that and the colors being different intensities (saturation; âneon greenâ vs âleaf greenâ), they look practically identical.
Arenât there more? No. This is pretty much all that was changed.
Discord changed TWO THINGS and pretty much managed to land every single person possible to genuinely hurt with a visual design change that doesnât add or remove any elements. Including abled and neurotypical people!!!
Discord is currently a good number of peopleâs lifeline and way to connect with others. And with this change, they just made using their app hurt. They know that we canât leave their app without leaving our friends and communities behind. They know that if they can just sweep this under the rug, they wonât have to do a thing.
...So we canât let them.
Why would Discord do this?
Itâs actually fairly simple. Discord was hemorrhaging money from its very conception. Discord only exists because investors think itâll make money in the future. If Discord doesnât do as well, investors will push to make it âbetterâ or theyâll drop their funding. Discord was probably forced into this situation, they probably knew exactly what would happen.
We have to show their investors that Discord was right.
What can we do to fix this?
DONâT:
Reply to Discordâs tweet about the design change.
â» It gives Discord more attention, and if any complaints are acknowledged they are directed to Discordâs accessibility forums.
ONLY post on Discordâs accessibility forums.
â» It gives Discord stats to work with, but it also means the outcry isnât public. We need everyone to see this, not just Discord.
DO:
Reblog this post.
â» Spreads the awareness, and all.
Retweet, reply to, and/or like this tweet: https://twitter.com/KarklesMarx/status/1393223369571586053
â» This tweet is part of our and our friendsâ initiative to get this big and get this public.
Make your own posts about it on different social medias.
â» Tumblr, Twitter, Discord servers, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, whatever ground you have, use it. You can help make this change too.
Find other people doing the same thing.
â» One initiative is never enough. Look for other people making posts like these and boost their posts too.
IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER LANGUAGE, MAKE POSTS OF YOUR OWN BOOSTING IT IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
â» Please. There are probably a lot of people we havenât reached because this is an all-English post.
Wait, donât you have pictures of whatâs going on?
We do. Theyâre under the cut, to prevent causing issues for people reading the post.
This compilation post of the smaller problems:
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/1500001066342-Fix-Your-Stuff-or-ALLOW-CUSTOM-CLIENTS-or-BOTH-
Images that show some of the changes:
[Two screenshots of the Discord icon on an IOS device. One is a cool indigo gradient, the other is a solid, brightly saturated indigo.]
[The words âgaming centralâ twice in Discordâs new font. One is bold, the other is not.]
[The words âreddit fart reddit smellâ in Discordâs new font. Underneath, the highly saturated indigo as seen in the icons, stretching across the screen to indicate new messages.]
[Discordâs old indigo, icon, and stylized font displayed above Discordâs new indigo, icon, and stylized font.]
i am allowed to be angry with people when they hurt me, even if they are sensitive and cant cope well with being told they did something wrong. their sensitivity does not mean i have to bottle up my feelings & their lack of coping skills does not make me expressing my anger abusive.
But something about the way itâs written doesnât sit right with me. Youâre allowed to be angry with people, absolutely! All of your feelings are valid and should be expressed properly! (Warning for a very long ramble ahead, and also itâs aimed particularly at folks who have anger management problems and stuff like that!)
But the way it says âtheir lack of coping skills does not make me expressing my anger abusiveâ doesnât tell the whole story here. If anything, it opens up an opportunity to victim blame (which I doubt was OPâs intent so Iâm gonna explain my perspective on this based on many many years of working on anger management and conflict resolution in therapy)
Anger is an iceberg! For anyone who hasnât heard this before, itâs an idea that on the surface, you can see the top of the iceberg, which is all the anger and frustration you feel towards someone or something. But below the surface, that anger is actually hiding a different, more vulnerable emotion. In my experience, it tends to be stuff like sadness, hurt, betrayal, etc, but you can also google âthe anger icebergâ to find tons of examples
When someone hurts you, you feel, well, hurt! You feel betrayed and sad and you might not know how to cope with those feelings, so instead you get angry. Thatâs okay, thatâs a natural reaction! Youâre allowed to be angry! But now it comes down to how to you deal with that, and thatâs where it gets complicated. Coming at someone all worked up and angry wonât solve the problem. Thatâs not communicating with them, thatâs attacking them, thatâs retaliating.
This is where my issue with the original post comes in! If the other person hurt you accidentally or unknowingly, retaliating can be abusive. Simply saying âexpressing my anger doesnât make me abusiveâ is ignoring all the nuances of human interaction! However, on the flip side, if the other person hurt you purposefully, that makes them abusive and as much as retaliating might make you feel better, I would still recommend just distancing yourself, getting yourself safe. Take it from me, retaliating is never a good option no matter how tempting it is; it just escalates situations and makes everything more unsafe
Now how do you deal with this anger then, you may ask? Well, thereâs a lot of ways! Everyone copes with anger differently but the basic steps is to find a way to take your anger out without hurting anyone or anything around you, and allow yourself to feel those more vulnerable emotions underneath. You could do things like draw or throw stuff (safely, ofc) or punch a pillow; if youâre alone or around sympathetic company, you could also do things like scream or vent, anything to express yourself! (And if you are around people, please check with them and make sure theyâre okay with you doing this around them! The entire point of expressing your anger in a healthy way is that itâs also a non-harmful way)
Then, when youâre calmed down, go to the person who hurt you (assuming it was accidental/unbeknownst to them) and explain to them that they hurt you, and how they did so. Someone who truly cares about you would want to hear this and grow from it, in order to better the relationship between the two of you.
This was a bit of a long ramble but I hope itâs helpful to someone out there! I am not a mental health professional so if anyone has any better advice or constructive criticismïżŒ then absolutely feel free to share it! This is all based on what Iâve learned and worked on in therapy myself as I have both anger management problems and rejection sensitivity dysphoria!
(Edit: After scrolling through the notes a bit longer than I did the first time, I noticed someone mention that OP meant this specifically at BPD/BPD issues; I donât have BPD and Iâm not gonna claim my ramble is or would be relevant to folks with BPD bc I truly donât know. I am gonna keep my ramble up because I think it would be helpful to some folks no matter what theyâre dealing with but I absolutely do not mean this specifically at folks with BPD (I didnât even know the post was targeted towards anything until after I reblogged it) Thank you for your understanding!)
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