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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TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoYes 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.
miracleorange@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
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
It's a tricky tusk. The elephant in the room.
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.
nous@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
People said the same thing about tweet when twitter first came out.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Not the same. Twitter and tweets were uniquely brilliant in a way that “toot” will never be. Farts are unpleasant. Bird sounds are very pleasant. Also, Every hear the phrase “a little bird told me”? Or notice how in very old disney movies (which are based on old German fairytales), that the birds talk (tweet) to the heroines as benevolent messengers? Twitter was honestly the perfect name for the company. Mastodon is a terrible name, but better than X
TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I dunno, allegedly people actually vote for a man named “Trump”.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks 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.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
it’s part of the appeal for me, it’s nice when things are fun
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I can relate to that, but fart sounds are also seen as childish and immature by lots of people so the site will never be a serious Twitter alternative unless they pick a bird name