@Gargron “Post” is really what is most in common parlance for microblogging i think - twitter even will use that in place of “tweet”. “Publish” has connotations of an article or even book

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I like "toot"

Why?

I imagine taking a solid xxxx on Musk's site and each toot gives me a little satisfaction. 💩

@Gargron 😂

Thank you for the info.

I'm so glad to hear there was a financial aspect to it, because the term was suspiciously childish to a middle aged USA user.

Had me wondering if Mastodon's were extra flatulent. And NO I was not going to Google it.

@Gargron So I'm dying to know -- does this Youtuber still support Mastodon?

@Gargron ooh woow

@Gargron The most internet story ever. Could've easily been something like, "And that's how we ended up with a platform called #PostyMcPostFace"

@Gargron this is the origin story I never knew I needed

@Gargron thanks for this explanation - personally I never used the word, and likewise appreciated that the button says "Publish!" and the word isn't ingrained anywhere formally. I'm sticking to "Posts" because, in my mind, #Mastodon is a lot like self-hosted #wordpress

@Gargron can you please overcome your hesitation and explain the other meaning? I only found a snort of cocaine. So what’s the problem?

@Gargron I honestly think "toot" is genius. It means "to blow a horn". That some people equate that with the letting of wind can't be our problem? 😁
The word "toot" is a community builder, part of our collective identity. "Post" is very common place, and vanilla boring ...

@Gargron I just hope you got a generous donation for making the change.

As for me, I prefer to toot my own horn on Mastodon rather than being a twit for a multi-billionaire who thinks free speech can be bought.

@Gargron I toot in your general direction…thanks for creating a safe place for artists and enthusiasts to exchange ideas and information.

@Gargron Origin story! I do like elephants but maybe our server will merge in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/18583 a bit early.

@Gargron I really like the fact that it hast an unique name instead of (post, publish, etc.)
May it be toot - or ( in german) tröt !

@Gargron I love the 'Toot!' button, it always makes me giggle. 😆

@Gargron https://i.redd.it/oug4f48uz6m31.png

@Gargron that’s a great origin story.

@Gargron 😂

@Gargron hi

@Gargron 😂