The concept that both Alec and Cory are dancing around but do not name directly is basically Kerckhoffs's principle [1]. They're both right: Alec in saying tha

The concept that both Alec and Cory are dancing around but do not name directly is basically Kerckhoffs's principle [1]. They're both right: Alec in saying that open detailed knowledge of moderation algorithms would harm the mission, and Cory for saying that a protocol/value level description of moderation gives insufficient assurance. That's because abuse detection isn't cryptography in which the mechanism can be neatly separated from a key. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle