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Probably not a lot of people know this now, but Mastodon's web app started out with "Publish". In 2016 a famous YouTuber jokingly offered to support Mastodon's Patreon forever if I changed the button to say "Toot" instead. Needless to say, this was a really early, and not very informed decision. The first glimpse of attention and financial support. As a non-native speaker I had no idea there was another meaning.

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Benjamin J. Thompson :fedora:

@Gargron i don't care, toots are still cool

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nadin brzezinski

@Gargron @martin_hamilton interesting bit of trivia

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longcovid

@Gargron but it's a great story. Love it.

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David Alexander McDonald
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@Gargron Namor wants a word with you!

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@nf3xn 💤

@SonOfSunTzu wait what? another meaning? :blush:

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CEbbinghaus

@Gargron I think for the UI a default of Post might be better but idc as long as the official name for the posts are toots. Instances Will change their buttons to say toot but we should never try to distance ourselves from that term. I believe that YouTube might have done this platform one of the greatest services by planting the word toot

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Nocturtle

@Gargron 🍑💨

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ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ

@Gargron Maybe the button text could be a user defined option :-)

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Allyson Kapin

@Gargron lol! Thank you for sharing this.

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Katy J.E.

@Gargron is there?

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Sara Reine

@Gargron this is a really charming story. I’ve been dying over “toots” since I joined, but I feel weirdly defensive of toots now that I know how it happened. Sorry you kinda got trolled with that a bit. I love the software ♥️♥️

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Masa

@Gargron love that, and that's how history is made sometimes. Toot toot! Und danke!

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DocBolus

@Gargron as a refugee from that bird place I quite like tooting.
It gives this place a slightly whimsical feel which suits me

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Rai has a magpie brain :heart_agender:​

@Gargron I did wonder 😂​

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Jesse Liberty

@Gargron

How does one get a green check? I assume it means some sort of certification that you are who you claim to be? Or is it just a joke? I am a stranger in a strange land.

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Gerard Braad ✅

@Gargron it is not the only place where it shows up ;-)

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The VFX Artists Podcast

@Gargron Happy to toot loud and proud!

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Andreas Neustifter

@Gargron Does he still support Mastodon?

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Jason Hagglund

@Gargron I kinda dig it 😂

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sudo βραχυκύκλωμα

@Gargron We'll fork it just to keep it toot btw. 😂

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