Folks may not know that there's a bit of a story behind Mastodon's choice of the word "TOOT":
When @Hbomberguy asked me to change the "publish" button to "toot" I wasn't aware that some regions (USA?) use that as slang for farts rather than the noise that elephants and trumpets make.
And it's pretty damn annoying to hear that take/joke over and over and over and over again. Realistically, "tweet" is just as much nonsense. Birds don't tweet, they chirp, that's not a common word. But it's already ingrained in people's minds so to them tweet is serious and toot is not.
I'm really frustrated because I think "toot" is cute and I've never heard anyone actually use it to mean farts because that's just not a thing where I'm from.
And I do like that I can tell someone "could you toot that" instead of "could you post that on Mastodon", there is recognition value in that.
But if that's legit going to be an obstacle to people taking Mastodon seriously, it seems impractical for me to insist on that term. 😦
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Love this. As a US American "toot" is a little silly when it hits my ear, but I think it's the perfect amount of silliness. What are we doing but tooting our opinions into the void?🦣💨
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Folks may not know that there's a bit of a story behind Mastodon's choice of the word "TOOT":
"Toot" is used to mean fart in the UK, but rarely; it's kind of archaic. As an aside, a much more popular word for it over here is "trump".
Love this. As a US American "toot" is a little silly when it hits my ear, but I think it's the perfect amount of silliness. What are we doing but tooting our opinions into the void?🦣💨