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The spelling is "Mastodon", like the extinct megafauna. The client also displays other ActivityPub feeds.
by NoraCodes 3y ago
The spelling is "Mastodon", like the extinct megafauna. The client also displays other ActivityPub feeds.
- echelon 3y agoIt's still a horrible name. Doesn't roll off the tongue, unfamiliar to a broad audience, connotations of extinction. And don't even get me started on "toot".
- NoraCodes 3y agoI won't, since instances like mastodon.social have been using "post" for over a year now. Personally I think "toot" is perfectly fine; no sillier than "tweet".
- corobo 3y agoTweet is a noise birds make when they're talking to each other Toot is a fart
- djbusby 3y agoHorns toot. One can toot their own horn even.
- echelon 3y agoIt's ambiguous and overloaded. Even if you explain to users (a situation you should never find yourself in), they'll still subconsciously maintain the overloaded meaning.
- righthand 3y agoYes how will people ever wrap their heads around it? Those poor stupid users…
- corobo 3y agoYes but as arses tooting is funnier that interpretation will always take precedence At least it's not as bad as Bluesky's skeet, I'll give it that E: returning from a rabbit hole. Looks like Mastodon retired toot back in 2022 anyway (and skeet was never officially sanctioned by Bluesky) The toot is moot.
- kristianp 3y agoDon't forget X's xeets!
- masto 3y agoNot to mention people abbreviate it as "masto", which just sounds stupid.