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Twitter’s a pretty stupid name too. So’s Facebook. You get used to them after a while.

• resu_nimda 8y ago
  "Twitter" and "tweet" sound very light and airy, almost musical; the theme of birds chirping lines up well with the format of seeing many short messages. "Twitter" is also largely an abstract word without much prior association. A mastodon is a massive, hairy, smelly beast. It's also an extremely well known heavy metal band. For a Twitter clone it makes absolutely no sense. "Toot" as well has some existing connotations I wouldn't think they would want to associate with...just seems like a total non-starter.
• briandear 8y ago
  Facebook came from actual face books at universities. It a brilliant name because the entire point was to see people you might want to sleep with. It wasn’t about sharing photos with mom.
  • incompatible 8y ago
    Strange that it didn't evolve into Tinder.
    • kaiby 8y ago
      It might have if smartphones were as ubiquitous in 2004 as it is in 2018.
    • dingo_bat 8y ago
      I met my wife over Facebook and its messenger.