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Re:Zoom rolled their own encryption scheme, transmit keys th... by dang on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:03AM (#22784216)
I'm starting to increasingly appreciate comments like this, because they appear regularly on both sides of the ideological divide, helping me keep my binary tree fresh and balanced. A few that go the opposite way:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22706668

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22705507

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13110004

Sorry if that sounded snarky—I don't mean to pick on you personally, and I don't disbelieve you. But the perception is explicable by the notice-dislike bias: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....

Re:Zoom rolled their own encryption scheme, transmit keys th... by jshevek on Sunday April 05, 2020 @11:42AM (#22786195)
I think people often mistake bias in the moderation for bias in the moderators, ignoring that much moderation depends on flagging, which in turn is influenced by the bias of the people who were attracted to the conversation.