Re:Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship”
by gentleman11 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:59PM
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You make a good point from a software point of view, but ‘features’ are not just things you code. You mention educational features: is the freedom to express ideas and to discuss important historical events not an important feature in education? It’s certainly more important than green screen cutouts but nobody ever puts it on the list explicitly
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Re:Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship”
by esyir on Sunday October 25, 2020 @01:41PM
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No. As far as a communication tool goes, if you underperform, but have a nice moral story to go with it, you'll get a nice little niche userbase that can sit there under the shadow of the bigger, better tool.
Re:Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship”
by inglor_cz on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:11PM
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So true. The general experience is that consumer boycotts rarely work and most people will only react to total moral outrages, if at all.
Re:Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship”
by Brian_K_White on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:20PM
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The question was "is freedom of discussion important to education", not if Joe Random cares enough to deviate from the path of least resistance.
Re:Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship”
by theshrike79 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:46PM
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If I make my living from training and presenting webinars to people of varying technical skills, I'm picking the best tool for the job - not the one with the best backstory or license.
If this were a tool for a group of friends for casual chitchat or games, then I might pick on other merits.