Reddit says accessibility upgrades for moderators are coming to its mobile apps soon

An illustration of the Reddit logo.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Reddit will make “accessibility improvements” to many moderator tools in its official mobile apps by July 1st, the company announced on Friday.

Some moderators rely on third-party apps because Reddit’s apps have what they characterize as “significant accessibility challenges,” and the accessibility community has expressed concerns over how they will moderate on mobile after popular apps like Apollo shut down on June 30th due to potentially expensive API pricing changes. It seems this roadmap, which promises improvements to features like the moderation queue and the ModMail messaging system on Android and iOS, is intended to assuage those fears.

Based on the replies to the announcement post, however, many are still unhappy with the...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/25/23772942/reddit-accessibility-improvements-mobile-apps-moderation-tools

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