I don’t think user voting in of itself is a problem. It’s the consequences of large negative voting that causes the real problems. In Reddit, a single unpopular comment on a popular subreddit could send a casual Redditor into negative karma which effectively shadowbans them from Reddit. As a result, you see people deleting their comments to stop the bleeding. Controversial opinions are punished severely.
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Personally, I found that karma led to self-censorship of any idea that remotely deviated from the group consensus.
RandomBit@sh.itjust.worksto
Technology@beehaw.org•The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)
1·3 years agoI agree; however, the second point I don’t see as Signal specific. In any service, how do you verify that a server is running unmodified open source code? For the vast majority of people, they are also depending upon the client being unmodified.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Week 1English
3·3 years agoTry the full URL:
https://beehaw.org/
RandomBit@sh.itjust.worksto
Technology@beehaw.org•The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)
1·3 years agoYes, it’s not ideal. Decentralized key distribution seems to be a intractable problem for mass adoption.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)
0·3 years agoWhat security issues does Signal have?
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Technology@beehaw.org•The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)English
2·3 years agoI 100% agree that Apple wrong for not supporting RCS (and I am an iPhone user). However, I personally choose to only use E2E for my communication be that iMessage or Signal.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)English
5·3 years agoRCS doesn’t have a cross-platform end-to-end encryption solution. For cross-platform communication, cross-platform 3rd party solutions such as Signal work well.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Tesla autopilot killed 17 and crashed 736 times
1·3 years agoI don’t think this is a fair comparison since an Autopilot crash is a 2 stage failure: the Autopilot and then the driver both failed to avoid the crash. The statistics do not include the incidents where Autopilot would have crashed but the human took control and prevented it. If all instances of human intervention were included, I doubt Autopilot would be ahead.


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