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TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoThey have at least moved away from the twitter.com URL, up until then it was hard to argue that it wasn’t still Twitter. However, until they come up with a new name for “tweets” I think the original name should still stand.
Banichan@dormi.zone 2 weeks ago
“Tweets” is a permanent label of the short form message post. Changing it to “posts” is like calling text messages “essays”.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yes and no. It only really applies to Twitter/X and Twitter clones. You wouldn’t call a Facebook post a tweet, no matter how short, nor would you call a reddit or lemmy post/comment that.
And even then, Mastadon has its own term, toots, and BlueSky calls them skeets.
Until Twitter comes up with a new name in line with their new branding, I think the business should still be referred to as Twitter. But the business should go bankrupt before that happens, hopefully, the lenders need to call in their debts already.
key@lemmy.keychat.org 2 weeks ago
Why are the alternatives all so defecatory…
TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Because of enshittification lol
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I actually think the poor branding is part of why Mastodon is hard to spread. Can you picture anyone seriously saying they “tooted” something? Because I can’t.
miracleorange@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Toot actually isn’t official anymore. They changed it to notes (p sure), but the userbase decided to keep using toots because it’s cuter.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
yeah sure, “cuter”, definitely nothing to do with “toot” being slang for “small fart”.
stephenwhq@mastodon.social 2 weeks ago
@miracleorange @TWeaK
It's a tricky tusk. The elephant in the room.