Because tweet never had any negative connotations before Twitter took it on. It’s the sound a bird makes. Toot is slang for farting which doesn’t have the greatest associations. It’s also like skeet for blue sky. I get why the owners wouldn’t want a word that has a whole and common on their platform community that knows that word as slang for ejaculation.
Yeah, I do think it needs to be changed, though I don’t know to what. I don’t personally mind it too much, but I want Mastodon to succeed, and I just can’t picture legitimately telling people in a serious conversation about a toot I just tooted.
Does mastadon legitimately believe that the word toot, in regards to its posts, is mass marketable?
Holy shit thats stupid.
How is it any more stupid than a tweet? That was pretty mass marketable, I would say.
Because tweet never had any negative connotations before Twitter took it on. It’s the sound a bird makes. Toot is slang for farting which doesn’t have the greatest associations. It’s also like skeet for blue sky. I get why the owners wouldn’t want a word that has a whole and common on their platform community that knows that word as slang for ejaculation.
All of that nonsense is hilarious. Toot and skeet sound absolutely ridiculous. At least it’s amusing seeing people trying to make fetch happen.
I’m four years old and I think it’s funny. Also, “skeet” as slang for “blue sky”? I love it, you’re a visionary, how do we make this happen?
Please point me to the piss themed social media. I’ve got lots of piss for other people to piss on.
Point me to the fart themed social media
Yeah, I do think it needs to be changed, though I don’t know to what. I don’t personally mind it too much, but I want Mastodon to succeed, and I just can’t picture legitimately telling people in a serious conversation about a toot I just tooted.