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But that name... "Can you mastodon me?" Ugh. I don't see this going mainstream with a name like this. I don't think anyone at NBC is ever going to say, "let's

But that name... "Can you mastodon me?" Ugh. I don't see this going mainstream with a name like this. I don't think anyone at NBC is ever going to say, "let's see what's trending on mastodon."

daveid 10y ago
Actually, "let's see what's trending on mastodon." doesn't sound wrong to my ears at all, but maybe that's because I've been around people who say that for a couple of months. For reference, the community-decided verb/noun for posting on Mastodon is "toot" (as in, the elephant sound), so that would be "can you toot me". I mean. It's ridiculous, but I like it. It's endearing.
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- JoshTriplett 10y ago
  "trumpet" would have been more fun, and sound less off-color in casual conversation.
  - Mithaldu 10y ago
    Community didn't like it for being too long.
  - adfm 10y ago
    Oddly, "trump" is a euphemism for fart in UK.
    - grzm 10y ago
      What does this have to do with the topic at hand other than a common sequence of five letters?
      - detritus 10y ago
        Because it was raised as a concern a couple of posts up in relation to Tooting a mastodon message?
- zdean 10y ago
  In America (and I may be biased b/c my kids say it all the time) to toot means to blow your car horn...but it also means to fart. If I say "I tooted this morning," most people will assume I farted. You might want to reconsider that one.
  - ColanR 10y ago
    haha!
INTPenis 10y ago
Mastodon is the software. Welcome to the world of community powered social media. You could name your site twatter if you want, or quitter ;) and still use the mastodon software.
guessmyname 10y ago
Not as weird as "Can you Facebook me?" — OR — "Can you Twitter me?"
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  I think it's called a tweet. Can you tweet me? Facebook is horrible. I guess mastodon will succeed after all.