An open letter to the Tumblr Staff from the blogger you just screwed over
Okay, staff, I am super freaking pissed about the update and hereās why.Ā
I cannot read your new format.Ā
Iām not trying to be whiny or nitpicky or over-dramatic. I can appreciate that you were attempting to make things look more organised/less confusing/whatever. I also expect the new format is a great improvement for people who have screen readers. Thatās great. Thatās fine.Ā
I just cannot freaking read this. I have dyslexia, and my dyslexia is set off by pictures, bold, italics, anything that is moreĀ āinterestingā to my brain than plain, unadorned text.
Look at it. Just look at it. The pictures get in between the lines of text, thereās distracting colors and pictures everywhere. The names are bolded when theyāre really not the most important thing. Looking at this, I see everything except what Iām supposed to see, that cheesy series of puns. (No pun intended.)
You literally couldnāt have made a worse format for me if youād tried.
The thing is, your format was what made me really like Tumblr in the first place. It was super clear who was writing something new, because look, there was a freaking line pointing right to it. Unless someone started writing in all caps or bold or whatever, all the text in a post had the same amount of emphasis. Finally, SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET I COULD READ.
And now, now I canāt read any of it at all.Ā
Like, I know that youāre not going to change it back, because you never seem to listen when anyone on your site complains about anything. Iām not sure why I bothered writing this to you guys, given your track record.Ā
But nowās your chance to prove me wrong. Seriously, the least you could do is give us an option here. Youāve still got the old code. Just stick a button somewhere to revert to the old format so I can enjoy my text posts in peace.Ā