#photosensitivity

[missjessefantastico]

with the new spiderverse trailer dropping out, it's time to ask the same thing i'm so tired of asking but have to:

tag for flashing lights

DO NOT tag as #epilepsy, TAG as #flashing lights

the epilepsy tag is a community tag for us epileptic folks to seek help, if you tag your flashing lights as epilepsy you're putting us at a greater risk

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT FLASHING LIGHTS CAN LEAD TO HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH

#into the spiderverse #into the spider verse #spiderman across the spiderverse #spiderverse #marvel #actually epileptic #epilepsy #photosensitivity #txtjessefantastico

[gubgam]

Y’all, tumblr is letting you report ads for having flashing lights! Tap on the 3 dots at the top and look at the bottom! Please do this for your photosensitive friends!

#photosensitivity #epilepsy #disability #ads #migraine #seizure disorder

[haikyuupaladin]

TLDR; don’t give tumblr money until they start making visible improvements towards accessibility

I’ve seen a few posts around about something people are calling crab day where you’re supposed to gift the crab button to your mutuals to support Tumblr financially. Please don’t participate in this unless Tumblr starts making noticeable improvements towards accessibility between now and then. It’s been 5 months of me trying to get the bare minimum of accessibility for photosensitive users or even just find out who I can talk to to get anywhere, and Tumblr is refusing to make any changes.

@photomatt has doubled down on the suggestion that you should just pay for ad-free or install an ad-blocker instead of listening to any of the suggestions photosensitive users have repeatedly made. Please do not give money to Tumblr until they show a commitment to accessibility because they will continue to ignore our requests if it doesn’t impact them financially.

Some of the requests we’ve made are:

1. Allow us to disable autoplay on browser as well as the app. This is an accessibility feature, not a data-saving feature, and should be treated as such.

2. Include ads in disabling of autoplay, along with other formats that currently get around the autoplay feature. Currently even if you have autoplay disabled you can still end up with flashing lights in your face every few posts from ads.

3. Improve the reporting process for strobing ads. The quick reporting process doesn’t provide good options to ensure the person reviewing the report realizes that it’s being reported for flashing lights so you have to hope they agree it’s either malicious or offensive and don’t just brush you off as abusing the report function. The more complicated reporting process involves getting a screenshot and the link that the ad brings you to, which requires lingering on the ad, which if you’re trying to report the ad for your safety, is dangerous. You can also still get the same ad 10 times a row after reporting it until it’s been reviewed. Which again, presents a danger to users.

4. Add a community label for flashing lights. Flashing lights are commonly untagged or mistagged, even sometimes maliciously. It would be extremely helpful to the photosensitive community to be able to add a warning to a post that doesn’t have one.

I’ve talked a lot about the photosensitive community in this post because that’s what I have personal experience with and what @photomatt has explicitly come out and just said to buy ad-free about, but there are definitely other accessibility issues that need to be addressed as well (like the alt text function needing improvements to make it accessible to users who need it and don’t use screenreaders, or the fact that a lot of tumblr official stuff still doesn’t seem to use the alt text feature themselves). Please feel free to add on accessibility issues I’ve missed in the reblogs.

#crab day #epilepsy #actually epileptic #disability #photosensitivity #accessibility #tumblr safety #disability pride month

[avatarexpert]

⚠️PSA for people affected by flashing/strobe lights:

The Mean Girls Movie Musical contains scenes with strobe lights and effects that may negatively effect photosensitive viewers. Please be careful and share with friends and family if/when going to see this film if you or someone you know deals with photosensitivity!!

#mean girls #psa #this has been a psa #mean girls 2024 #photosensitivity #photosensitive warning

[melonsap]

WARNING

I know there's been a lot of chatter about Twitter rebranding to X, but if you have any photosensitive triggers, DO NOT go to Musk's user page to see what he's up to. There is a gif of the new X logo front and center in his recent posts that glitches around with a LOT of flashing lights. It hurt MY eyes to look at, and I don't have any issues with flashing.

#psa #photosensitive epilepsy #photosensitivity #elon musk #twitter

[ethos-labrador]

Hey idk that anyone's really going to see this but the current (forced) Discord update for mobile has a glitch atm involving the new message bar flashing really quickly every time someone types in a chat.

Anyone with photsensitive epilepsy should def stay off Discord for a while until they fix it.

Edit: As far as I can tell this is now fixed!

#discord #discord update #photosensitive epilepsy #photosensitivity #disability related

[thecorvidforest]

PLEASE can we normalize proper flash warnings and requiring an option to disable flash effects in video games. i am so sick and tired of finding a video game i want to play with no flash warnings anywhere, only to discover there are full screen flash effects with no option to disable them. STOP MAKING YOUR GAMES INACCESSIBLE TO PHOTOSENSITIVE PEOPLE I BEG OF YOU

#this is directed at you terraria #and spiritfarer #and every other game with flashy thunderstorms #corvidforest #corvidforest Arael’s posts #photosensitivity #photosensitive epilepsy

[redysetdare]

Actually it should be illegal for ads to have flashing images, lights, or for them to not allow pausing, skipping, or closing/hiding. I don't care if they paid to advertise there, unless they plan to pay for my doctor's for causing my migraines they can shove it.

#text #chronic illness #chronic pain #migrains #photosensitivity

[justepilepsy]

Today on low-key kinda accidental ableism at a con: Was at a con this year and at some point the staff decided to project laser light images onto the wall above my booth. Which.. fine it's in my back so I can't see but the other artists were very clearly bothered because the lights were incredibly strongly flickering, instead of a reasting image. So my friend whom I shared a table with walked up to a con staff member and said "Hey can you turn this off? It's really bothering the artists to look at." Staff member said something and talked into his walkie talkie. Nothing happened. 20 minutes later i walked up to them and said the same, but also said "Hey, can you turn the lights off, I have epilepsy and don't feel safe." Response was "Now that's an actual reason." and less than a minute later the lights were turned off. It's good they turned the lights off. But nobody should have to disclose a medical condition in order to get heard. I don't know if anyone of the artists facing that specific wall had photosensitive conditions. But they were bothered by them and heavily distracted. It was exhausting to look into the corridor of visitors for them because of these lights. My epilepsy shouldn't be the only justified reason to listen to people saying strobes and laserlights are annoying/genuinely bothersome. Glad to be of service, but also, fuck you to this response.

#actually epileptic #photosensitivity #ableism #epilepsy

[hoshi-kawaii]

I'm so so so jealous of people who get to leave the house and do activities and can be in sunlight and move comfortably in their own bodies who don't have to worry about what they might feel like just 10 minutes from now.

#i had to wait in line for an hour yesterday and today i am flaring like crazy #my body has betrayed me once again #literally crying #its not fair #disabled #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #fibromyalgia #photosensitivity #homebound #autistic adult #chronic illness

[reasonsforhope]

Hey, I'll fucking take it. Cheers to avoiding rampant public safety disasters and strobing-induced seizures!

--

"A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure over the weekend. Complaints included concerns about its structural safety and illumination."

-via AP, July 31, 2023

#twitter #twitter drama #elon twitter #twitter rebrand #social media #elon musk #elongated muskrat #epilepsy #photosensitivity #seizures #public safety #building codes #united states #san francisco #good news

[deceptigoon]

in the club freakin it nothing style

#transformers #maccadam #g1 transformers #soundwave #flashing #tw flashing #photosensitivity

[gubgam]

Didn’t see any posts about it so here it is for the other Photosensitive folks,

Nimona has a lot of flashing lights, no intense strobing (ie Incredibles) but includes:

Alarm sequences (red lights, ‘police’ lights), explosions and gunfire

Sparks/flashing/flickering lights, firelight

Thunderstorms and lightning effects,

Flashes from color to black (hard to describe)

All within the first few minutes of the movie, frequently throughout.

It wasn’t too terrible when I watched with other lights on during the day but I tried watching it with them off and it was pretty bad. Sharing this so other people can find it would be much appreciated!

#nimona #photosensitivity #epilepsy #nimona photosensitivity warning

[haikyuupaladin]

The new Spiderverse movie is coming out Friday (and I’ve seen that some theaters will be having afternoon showings on Thursday) so please keep in mind that this movie is completely inaccessible to people with photosensitivity issues.

Please hold Sony accountable for this inaccessibility. I’m not saying you’re not allowed to enjoy it but be vocal about how it would be better if it were more accessible. Do not call it perfection or say that everyone should strive to match its animation style, as the stylistic choices are why the movie is dangerous, even if any explicit flashing lights were taken out, the speed and high-contrast colors of the movie would still be an issue.

And please tag properly. Anything gifs or clips that could be dangerous, please tag with “flashing lights” and please tag any posts about the movie in general as “Spiderverse” because while you’re allowed to like it, a lot of us have very strong negative feelings about the first movie and by extension this movie due to a combination of its inaccessibility and the amount of uncritical praise the first movie got, and so would like to be able to avoid the topic.

#epilepsy #actually epileptic #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #photosensitivity #accessibility #disability

[earlgraytay]

I really want to make a PSA about flashing lights but it turns out the lingo about all the conditions that make you sensitive to flashing lights is different enough that it's going to be a pain in the ass to research properly

and if I make it on here I won't reach the people I need to reach, aka fucking youtubers I like who keep using glitch effects

(like. they call it photosensitive epilepsy. but the exact same thing wrt migraine is called photophobia and a lot of doctors will write it off as psychological? and in common medical parlance photosensitivity means "michael jackson skin condition"? ??? ?)

anyway uh tldr high contrast light pulses hurt a lot of people, it's not just the kind of flashing lights that you might think of when you think of an Epilepsy Seizure Warning,

this site has a good overview of common photosensitive epilepsy triggers - it can be something as simple as "sunlight on water hitting the wrong way" or "light through Venetian blinds that hits wrong".

any set of flashing lights that flickers more than 5 times a second, has high contrast (white on black, white on a vibrant colour), or flashes rapidly can trigger an epileptic seizure. they can also trigger migraines for some people.

another psa: seizures don't look the same for everyone. you probably know what a tonic-clonic/grand mal seizure looks like. but for some people, flashing lights trigger milder seizures. this can look like a Sudden Feeling Of Doom, a clenched jaw, random body jerks and twitches, an out of body experience, or a bad taste in your mouth. obviously if you think you're having seizures get your ass to a neurologist, don't take the advice of a stranger on the internet as gospel, but... yeah.

please for the love of god stop using strobe lights, glitch effects, TV static effects, and other flashing lights without slapping a trigger warning on there. you will be helping more people than you know.

@vaspider @thebibliosphere if you could reblog this so that more people can see, that'd be lovely.

#epilepsy #epileptic seizures #photosensitivity #migraines #migraine #psa #discussion of flashing lights not the lights themselves

[rjalker]

the leftism leaving people's bodies as soon as they're asked to tag a video that's nothing but flashing lights and colors as "flashing"

#ableism #cripplepunk #cpunk #cripple punk #photosensitivity