A Question of Statistics ?

I'm a supporter of deaf village (My blog isn't there !), AND deaf.read, mainly because I approve of those who are prepared to challenge the status quo anyway. Why should anyone put up with a refusal to provide access from anyone ? There is no 'Right' of entitlement to do that. However, I was looking at the statistics of the DV site, in relation to claims from some hard-core cultural deaf who said, it would end up like deaf.read was going, completely taken over by CI user content.

First ! I am NOT opposing CI input, they have been left out long enough, diversity is supposed to be what we are about, but deaf village does seems to be supporting the cultural viewpoint, with CI input being roughly three times any other so far. Pro's of deaf village is a small increase in the captioned vblog, and I suspect ASL users ARE reading them too, even if they won't admit it. The point of another aggregate, was to widen the area and set different 'ground rules' of access, that should have been a norm anyway, has it happened ? Deaf.read has actually benefited from captioned blogs via DV, because they appear there too , AND, they got it without ruffling cultural feathers, because Deaf Village took the risks, deaf.read was too scared to...

Deaf Village may just have proved yet another platform for CI comment. The real issue is still, the ASL and BSL people refusing to respond in kind, I wish they would, via more blogs and vblogs, what they have done in effect is thrown a wobbly and said "If they are here I'm out..." Where is the famous cameradie and community of the deaf to show they are united and accepted, and putting their side as well ? You cannot really blame the CI user because they do it for their own. It was a 'test' of deaf.read moderations, and, vision of a level platform, it seems to have fallen at the first real hurdle. CI commentators are just doing what the 'Deaf' did in years gone by.

Deaf Village shows us, simply that providing another aggregate with real access guidelines, has made an improvement in captioned access, but for it to really take off, we do need the ASL and BSL users on board or it won't work, and the 'hard-core' will make mileage on the discrimination claim front.. and maybe 'enjoy' a CI - free area on deaf.read, so who has gained ? DV will have set up simply a site, where they don't want to go anyway... and hoping the CI user stays and leaves them alone, so is it just feeding the flames of division ?

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