# Twitter drops 'master', 'slave' and 'blacklist'

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/twitter-drops-master-slave-and-blacklist/991>\
**Category:** Industry & Culture\
**Tags:** progress, diversity\
**Created:** [5 July 2020 16:06 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/twitter-drops-master-slave-and-blacklist/991 "2020-07-05T16:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\
**Post date:** [6 July 2020 22:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/twitter-drops-master-slave-and-blacklist/991/4 "2020-07-06T22:47:14Z")

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I would still prefer `trunk` instead of `main`/`master`, lol. I’ve always preferred trunk, because it’s the “central trunk”. Plus it’s the common name of the central branch in CVS/SVN/etc…

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