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[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Is this fake? I thought the term is whitelisted not allowlisted

[-] alianne@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

In recent years there's been a shift from "white/black list" to "allow/block list" in an effort to avoid the stereotypes associated with those terms. I wouldn't say it's the new norm yet, but it's slowly becoming more popular.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Ah like the master/slave becoming server/client?

I still don’t like allow list though. Block list seems fine. Maybe access list?

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I feel the use of master/slave to talk about technological concepts took power away from the original conotations of the words and by not using them its actualy making their effect more negative but what would i know.

[-] alianne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Similar to that, yeah, although I think the master/slave thing started earlier. (It's a bit more blatant, tbf.)

I agree that allowlist doesn't roll off the tongue quite as nicely, but as long as it makes it obvious what the word means, I'll go with it.

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