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zipliner

Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:39PM (#45015760)
> It really isn’t.

What do the lists do? They allow or deny access, right? Seems allow/deny are fitting descriptive terms for them then. White/black are much more ambiguous prefix terms and and also come with much more semantic baggage. All in all an easy, clarifying change.

Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:33PM (#45015687)
> would eventually

That's an empirical premise in a slippery slope style argument. Any evidence to back it up? Who is opposing the terms allow/deny and why? I don't see it.

> no need to self-censor

The terms allow/deny are more directly descriptive and less contested which I see as a clear win-win change, so I've shifted to use those terms. No biggie and I don't feel self-censored by doing so.