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by AllegedAlec 133 days ago
Not entirely related to the content but man 'allowlisting' reads so badly. We should just out of ease of reading return to whitelisting.
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I'm trying not to get nerdsniped, but in the realm of subjective pragmatics, I personally find `allowlisting` to be drastically more clear.
My concern isn't really clarity of intention, but that 'allowlisting' just doesn't flow as well when reading as whitelisting does.