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Sounds like you're happy with a vBulletin / blog experience. Mastodon wants to be Twitter, or at least really tries to ape Twitter. Some people like the big c
by VectorLock 4y ago
Sounds like you're happy with a vBulletin / blog experience.
Mastodon wants to be Twitter, or at least really tries to ape Twitter.
Some people like the big commons experience of Twitter and would like to see that somewhere else.
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoNope, it sounds like you want Mastodon to be twitter. Or think that it should be trying to be? They have a blog & followers and some nomenclature in common. But they're really not that similar at all. If they weren't using @ notation and "followers" etc people would complain it's too different. But because they're using those things, people also complain that it's not similar enough. Tough situation. It's just best to think of it as something else. It's federated activity feeds.
- VectorLock 4y agoHave you looked at Mastodon? Have you not noticed they're called "Toots?"
- Kadin 4y agoPersonally I hate the "toot" nomenclature. That's something you teach a toddler to say instead of "fart". "Posts" forever and always.
- downvotetruth 4y agoExcept when the assignment or goals change.
- TheHappyOddish 4y agoI don't know if you recall, but we all thought "tweet" was ridiculous and cringe-worthy back in the day too.
- nsxwolf 4y agoIf that is what posts are called on that platform I will not use that platform.
- rhn_mk1 4y agoWhy does this name cause such a strong reaction in some people?
- WorldMaker 4y agoSome people hate fun and think the internet needs to be 100% professional at all times and only used by professionals.
- Kye 4y agoIt's not even fart. The developer didn't know that was a meaning in the US when he changed the name to that. It's the sound a Mastodon makes. This is 100% people projecting their own assumptions and judging based on that, not anything to do with the project. It's not even a meaning I considered back when he made the change, and it's one of the meanings in the version of English I speak. Folks tell on themselves when they get hung up on this.
- nsxwolf 4y agoIt’s ridiculous. Names matter. This is almost as bad as Soylent, or Coq.
- rhn_mk1 4y agoI find it funny that this is the only answer from someone affected, and it doesn't even attempt to explain what is wrong with the name, even as a snark.
- Kye 4y agoSoylent: $133m in funding Coq: still going strong after 33 years I am not sure your examples make the point you think they make. Names don't seem to matter.