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filldornsyesterday at 5:52 PM2 repliesview on HN

Come on guys, 2026 and you still using "blacklist". Why not BlockList?


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TacticalCoderyesterday at 10:27 PM

I do use "blocklist" on new project and name my main "trunk" and not "master" but I'll both a) defend other's rights to use terms like blocklists and master and b) call out the virtue signalling ones who are trying to push a political agenda by trying to control thoughts (by attempting to control speech).

charonn0yesterday at 6:42 PM

Because changing blacklist to blocklist, master to main, etc. is a meaningless act of virtue signalling.

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