There are some positive updates — including the creation of a new email address to report accessibility issues — but overall, the moderation team still seems very dissatisfied. r/Place, for example, is “not blind, low-vision or even keyboard accessible.”
I suggest reading Ars Technica’s article about about the proposed standard, which describes it as “a DRM gatekeeper for the web.”
Here’s the proposal, if you want to read it yourself.
Recently, all of Reddit’s free iOS app icons were ugly — the default became a pixelated version of the usual logo seemingly to promote r/Place — but as of a new iOS update available Monday, the app icon is back to its usual, non-pixelated look.
On a perhaps related note, Reddit said Monday that its latest r/Place expansion would be the last one, so the collaborative art project might be wrapping up soon.
Reddit has expanded the collaborative canvas multiple times since it first launched on Thursday, and while a lot of the protest art and messages have been largely buried amongst the many other designs, users are making a renewed push on a new section with a giant message cursing CEO Steve Huffman. “Targeted hate and harassment” are against the canvas rules, so I’m guessing the new message might not stay up for very long.
There is some legitimately awesome art on this year’s board, including an impressive recreation of the classic Charizard Pokémon card.
“You asked, we answered,” Meta wrote in the notes for an iOS update released on Monday. “New features coming, so keep an eye out as you browse the latest version of the app.”
I don’t see any obvious differences in my updated version of the app. But Instagram boss Adam Mosseri teased a “following” feed in a video, so hopefully that’s coming soon. (Meta, I’m also begging you for a way to look at my feeds on the web.)
I don’t know what this will actually mean, but it’s happening. The classic virtual pet game is now run by an independent company and just relaunched its homepage, and I interviewed the new company’s CEO about the relaunch. The site is set to bring back a bunch of the old Flash games this week.
Disclosure: John Legend is on the board of directors for The Verge’s parent company, Vox Media.
