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Why use "blacklisted" here? Why not just say not allowed...
by p00lb0y 5y ago
Why use "blacklisted" here? Why not just say not allowed...
- PurpleFoxy 5y agoBlacklisted is the specific terminology for when a website rejects certain file types. I guess in githubs case it would be that webm is not whitelisted since only 2 formats are permitted.
- darkwater 5y agoBut since in this case it only allows certain other formats, it's the wrong wording.
- mids_hn 5y agoBecause it's a real word that is applied in this case.
- IshKebab 5y agoThey're free to use real specific words that aren't actually offensive if they want. Although in this case I would have thought GitHub uses a whitelist rather than a blacklist, so they should have said "webm isn't whitelisted". (Notice how that is different to "webm is blacklisted" but your alternative wouldn't have captured that distinction.)