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minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “allowlisted”. Did someone forget “whitelisted” is a thing, or is that term finally cancelled?
minus-squarebright_side_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIt’s common since quite a few years. And blocklist as counterpart
minus-squareSkyNTP@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoBlocklist and allowlist are much more intuitive, so if we ignore all the cultural baggage, these changes are rather sensical.
minus-squarefinestnothing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoCultural baggage? Neither term has any roots in racism, blacklist came from a play and whitelist came about as the opposite of blacklist
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “allowlisted”. Did someone forget “whitelisted” is a thing, or is that term finally cancelled?
It’s common since quite a few years. And blocklist as counterpart
Blocklist and allowlist are much more intuitive, so if we ignore all the cultural baggage, these changes are rather sensical.
Cultural baggage? Neither term has any roots in racism, blacklist came from a play and whitelist came about as the opposite of blacklist
you snowflake