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[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The mastodon version of a post or, sadly, tweet.

It’s, uh, not the best name.

But maybe, just maybe, it more appropriately attributes correct value to a social media thing. ;)

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most people these days refer to them as posts, toots is older Mastodon linguo.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Etymologically, I think the word "tweet" was slowly being supplanted by "post" even before Twitter's name was officially changed to X. After all, "post" is universal, and there were many uses of thingposting that go back years, even on Twitter itself.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago

When Twitter launched, they used "post" instead of "tweet". Tweet was a word created by the community.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Mastodon devs were clearly aware of the quality of text people tend to write online. It’s a very fitting term IMO.