Tag: Twitter

Twitter Sign-in On Mobile Phone

The Rise and Untimely Demise of Accessibility on Twitter

Parliament petition reads: 'Replace the terms 'disability' and 'disabled' with 'people of determination'. We want the Government to stop using the limiting terms ‘disabled’ and ‘disability’, which for some reflect negative victim-based identity such as an inability to progress or achieve.'

To be determined?

Two screenshots from Twitter's verification page which read: 'Content creators and influential individuals' and 'activists and organizers'. The pictures are centred against a blue gradient background.

Twitter finally explains its new verification categories – a month after I asked about them

Text against a blue gradient background which reads: 'Content creators and influential individuals. Established digital content creators who consistently public, original content (regardless of platform) for at least 6 months prior to applying and meet the follower or mention criteria listed below for other influential individuals.'

Twitter changes its verification criteria again – and introduces new categories

A purple gradient background. In the middle is text which reads: 'Voice Transformer. Change how your audience hears you by selecting a voice transformation.' There is then a slider showing a range of different icons (microphone, echos, sunglasses). Underneath this text says, 'Press and hold to hear how your own voice sounds.'

Twitter Spaces’ Voice Effects are hellish and inaccessible – they have to go

The false start of the Paralympics’ WeThe15 campaign