There's a problem with lack of accessibility on Spacehey.

This isn't supposed to be a call out post or telling you "HEY YOU CANT DO THING!". It's just stuff I noticed as a disabled guy that kind of irks me, since it makes it really hard to enjoy this site.

I love the cute corner characters as much as the next guy, but it makes profiles nigh impossible to read profiles on mobile. There should be some sort of UI scaling for the little corner goblins.

Basically no one uses image descriptions. I know it's annoying to write them for the 300 stamps you hoard on your profile, but it makes the web more accessible. Consider using them whenever you paste an image into your profile or blog?

PLEASE start using flashing/epilepsy warnings. I'm not epileptic, but even I get migraines after 20 minutes of looking at profiles. I love you scene kids, but y'all are definitely the main culprit.

Fonts. And I'm not talking CSS fonts, I'm talking the fonts that are regardless of font. They're not screen reader accessible. Here's how it sounds on screen readers. Please stop using them, I would greatly appreciate being able to read your name normally.

The moving layouts. Oh my gosh. It's like, my main gripe. It's annoying to have to figure out where and when to click stuff, and read moving text. I get it's cute and aesthetic, but man is it annoying. I know I said in the header that I don't think you should be able to do "thing", but. I do wish the moving layouts could be removed. I'm not the only guy complaining about it, so. Shrug.

These are just the things I can think off the top of my head. Feel free to add anything else in the comments, just please don't argue. I like having functional brain cells.

Edit: So after making this blog, I went to go make some alt text descriptors for my profile. Since it uses inline, there's no fucking way to do alt text? The fuck? Big yikes from me.

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Txpiara!	1723721891 YES. Im a scene kid but its not scene kids its scenecore scene is less like that Report Comment
DAUGHTEROFTHESTARS	1723658236 THANK U FOR SAYING THIS!!! Im not disabled but it annoys me too. I feel like it's too distracting bt idk people can do whatever they want ig. Report Comment
Giggle Fart	1722546401 Thank god someone said this. I cant look at some profiles for more than 5 minutes because of my eye problems Report Comment
terezi/eridan	1722175646 ill add image descriptions to my page when i can! :D Report Comment thanks bro - calum by Emeraldo; 1722183412; Report
ArbitraryTalpidae	1722108697 Hello !! Saw your user on a homestuck forum post and ty for making this post. I hadn't realized how inaccessible I've made my profile and I'll be adding alt text to all of the stamps and images on my profile :)) Report Comment
robin	1722033708 oh thank god im not the only one who sees moving layouts and gets so confused lol. the amount of times i'd apply a layout to my profile and then it starts moving and i just get disappointed is immeasurable. also, if you find a way to do alt text, please let me know!! i'd like to add some to my profile stamps. also, genuine question, is the little text divider i used in my about me disruptive to screen readers? if so, i could find an image to use instead of copy-paste text Report Comment i tested it and it didnt disrupt anything so id say youre good 👍 - calum by Emeraldo; 1722089049; Report

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There's a problem with lack of accessibility on Spacehey.

This isn't supposed to be a call out post or telling you "HEY YOU CANT DO *THING*!". It's just stuff I noticed as a disabled guy that kind of irks me, since it makes it really hard to enjoy this site.

These are just the things I can think off the top of my head. Feel free to add anything else in the comments, just please don't argue. I like having functional brain cells.

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This isn't supposed to be a call out post or telling you "HEY YOU CANT DO THING!". It's just stuff I noticed as a disabled guy that kind of irks me, since it makes it really hard to enjoy this site.