Yeah it’s true, it actually did work in the first couple of free versions though, so at the time the instructions worked.

If possible, someone should really add a link to the new community to the blindsurveys subreddit message. Otherwise it’s going to just be word of mouth, which is slow especially given the fact that many studies have gone back to in person now.

People are going to ask their (often stupid AF) questions anyway, so we may as well have some control over the conversation rather than leaving it to the usually equally uninformed masses. Some of us are patient enough to keep answering the same ones again and again. You could maybe put a stickied post up at the top with generalized answers to the most common ones though at least… With a rule about checking that post first before asking the same type of question unless you have something new to add. I.E how do you know when to stop wiping, what do you see in dreams, how can you answer comments, what was taking Hallucinogens like, do you see black, how do you have sex, all the low effort/overly asked ones.

Gross, mother jones. But the bias wasn’t actually as bad as I thought it would be in this article.

Obviously the individual’s right to sue a business for ADA violations should totally be upheld, it’s already pathetic how little businesses are actually held to account for violations as it is, not to mention the incredible slowness of the whole process. but we do need some way to curb the large amount of false ADA violation suits that a few lawyers have decided to make their bread and butter. They send out shit tons of generically worded ADA letters as a fishing expedition, then berry the other party in legalese until they cave, hopefully settling out of court. That’s not the only method, but it is the most common.

Sometimes the companies in question have genuine access issues, but much of the time it’s pretty much random, and targeted at smaller businesses that can’t easily afford to fix access without assistance anyway. It’s basically just a more complex version of that fucked up IRS phone call scam.

It makes us look really bad, and makes a mockery out of the already highly underenforced legislation we do have. What this argument proposes to do is cut everyone off, even genuine complainants, so obviously fuck everyone involved with it. But it is an actual issue, even if the people bringing it up are clearly doing so in bad faith. And I really don’t know enough about the lawyer mentioned to know if they are one of the drive-by ADA suit types, or if Deborah Laufer is just genuinely really dedicated and kicking some serious ass. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt for now though…

So are there any plans to have a blindsurveys here on Lemmy then? Sure it’ll be harder to find, but I’ll do all I can to direct researchers there when I do studies with them, and if you guys put up a post with a redirect link on the subreddit it should help too. I made some good side cash with those studies, met some cool people, and (I hope) furthered valuable research that could benefit all of us. There are other places to find those studies and surveys, but do to the scattered nature of the internet and researcher’s unfamiliarity with where the blind hang out, r/blindsurveys was still a valuable resource that caught some that others did not.

I wouldn’t use them outside if you can help it, especially off of smooth concrete. I also wouldn’t use them if you already know you’re kind of rough on canes or you tend to hit things hard with them compared to others. They really are nice other than that though, despite being heavier and rattlier than the straight ones. There just aren’t allot of good options in the thin and light folding cane market unfortunately, and IMO none of them are durable, at least not the ones available in the U.S and Canada.

I suppose that makes sense, given the deadlines. I just hope it works out and that the accusations about the arbitrary issue closing and dismissal of problems turns out to be false.