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• TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • key@lemmy.keychat.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why are the alternatives all so defecatory…

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    • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because of enshittification lol

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    • IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • nous@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        People said the same thing about tweet when twitter first came out.

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      • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I dunno, allegedly people actually vote for a man named “Trump”.

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      • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mastodon is also just a terrible name for a Twitter alternative where nearly everyone thinks of the format as being tweets (a sound a bird makes). If they had to pick a animal name, then they should have picked a two syllable bird name like Magpie, Pigeon, Bluejay, Robin, Raven, or even a 3 syllable bird like StellarJay, Cockatoo, etc.

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      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        it’s part of the appeal for me, it’s nice when things are fun

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  • miracleorange@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah sure, “cuter”, definitely nothing to do with “toot” being slang for “small fart”.

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    • stephenwhq@mastodon.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @miracleorange @TWeaK

      It's a tricky tusk. The elephant in the room.

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