• xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Some people mistakenly think that the “black” in “blacklist” is a reference to skin color, so they demand it to be changed.

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      I’m honestly glad we’re getting rid of white/black list. I personally couldn’t give a shit the racial element (which wasn’t what they ever meant anyway), but I never have to stop and think about it for a half second to figure out which I need. Allow/deny list are just outright better names.

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        Blacklist and whitelist are intuitive to me. It’s the black/red/white -pill stuff I never even try to remember

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          I’ve dealt with them a lot but they never really stuck for some reason. Allow/block is much clearer IMO