Twitter is dropping coding terms like 'master' and 'slave' after 2 engineers led an internal effort to press for change (TWTR)
- Twitter is dropping coding terms like "master" and "slave" and replacing them with inclusive alternatives, like "leader" and "follower."
- The move was boosted by the Black Lives Matter movement, but it also comes after a months-long campaign to replace the coding terms with inclusive language, an effort that was spearheaded by two Twitter engineers.
- Tech's broader open-source community has been met with pushback for its use of software terms that are inspired by the language of slavery and oppression.
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Twitter is dropping decades-old coding terms like "master" and "slave" as the Black Lives Matter movement continues to cause ripple effects through the tech world.
The company's engineering division tweeted out a set of words that it wants "to move away from using in favor of more inclusive language." The list includes replacing "whitelist" with "allowlist," "master/slave" with "leader/follower," and "grandfathered" with "legacy status." See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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