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>Mastodon, PixelFed, Funkwhale OT, but how did "Mastodon" turn out to be the best name anybody could come up with?
by rhizome 8y ago
>Mastodon, PixelFed, Funkwhale
OT, but how did "Mastodon" turn out to be the best name anybody could come up with?
- komali2 8y agoMastodon metal AF what's wrong with that?
- rhizome 8y agoIt's not that "mastodon" is bad, it's that the others are so much worse.
- chipotle_coyote 8y agoWhile I know this isn't a particularly serious little side-thread, it's actually interesting to many how many folks I've talked to who are not committed to something like Mastodon for philosophical reasons who are put off by the naming choices. It's not Mastodon itself that's the problem: it's insisting on calling posts "toots."
- komali2 8y ago>it's insisting on calling posts "toots." I didn't know they did that. That is decidedly not-metal.
- foxylad 8y agoI started a Mastodon instance (mastodon.nz - go Kiwis!) and the feedback I get is that people are put off by how close the name is to "masturbate". And certainly in NZ, "toots" is a great alternative to "tweets". Is tooting synonymous with farting or something in your culture?
- tomcam 8y agoWord. Also, it was the name Van Halen used before they became Van Halen.