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Stupid blind-person question about Reddit (self.Blind)
submitted by fastfinge
So, recently a new symbol has started showing up next to my comments: 🍰
NVDA reads it as "symbol D 8 3 C". Anyone know what on earth this means? I just noticed it maybe a day or so ago.
NVDA reads it as "symbol D 8 3 C". Anyone know what on earth this means? I just noticed it maybe a day or so ago.
Valannor 7 points 7y ago
Hi, it looks like a cake and symbolizes your Reddit Birthday!
It will be there next to your name every year on this day. Redditors usually call it "Cakeday", so happy cakeday! :)
It will be there next to your name every year on this day. Redditors usually call it "Cakeday", so happy cakeday! :)
fastfinge [OP] 2 points 7y ago
Huh. I'm not sure why I didn't notice it any of the other years. It's been 10 years I've been on Reddit. That's...astonishing. LOL.
Southpaw5000 2 points 7y ago
Hahahah! Happy cake day!
Vaelian 5 points 7y ago
VoiceOver reads it as "Short Cake", and because of that I thought it was just an image with an alt attribute. I pity the souls who had to name all the unicode glyphs for VoiceOver; I'm yet to find a glyph that it doesn't recognize, and Unicode encodes over 1000000 glyphs.
fastfinge [OP] 1 points 7y ago
I really hope it's automated somehow. LOL.
SophiaDevetzi 3 points 7y ago
It is a slice of a cake and says "fastfinge just celebrated a reddit birthday!"
Happy reddit birthday :)
Happy reddit birthday :)
fastfinge [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Oh, thanks! That would explain why I've never noticed it before. That means I've been on Reddit for...10 years.
rkingett 2 points 7y ago
I use the compact view all the time which cuts out images and thumbnails. sorry!
SWaspMale 2 points 7y ago
It seems to have a strawberry on top.
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