@Gargron I'm a little confused. I see all this discussion dating back to May 23, I read about "posts", and "publish", but my blue button still says "Toot!" So when I hit the "Toot!" button am I tooting, posting, publishing, or what?

@Gargron shoulda gone with “Pawoo!”

@Gargron It amuses me to call them toots (and to tell people I'm on toot.cat) but I shift my language to calling them posts in more public settings.

@Gargron 👍🥳🌻

@Gargron in my house, with two young kids, ‘toots’ mean one thing and is immediately followed by opening the window and trying to breathe through your mouth 💨💨💨

@MooseAllain

@Gargron try blurting instaed of tooting😂

@Gargron

Hi Eugen !

Thanks for 'keeping it real'

- I'm happier to 'post' than 'toot' or etc...!

I've also started to 'sensi-censor' images, after learning that some viewers might be disturbed by faces looking towards them.

Would it be possible at some point to provide the image-mounting interface with a dropdown of detail labels for this purpose...?

It seems unlikely that most of the newer users will be working from the same view of 'sensitivities' that your habitual posters understand...

@Gargron also toots = farts

@Gargron @evanoconnell here’s the thread re: “toot” terminology :)

@Gargron I agree it might be better, but familial words may have a meaning that is cultural and not literal. I think that's why most people expect privacy when they hear about DM, and I think that's the root cause of _that_ issue here.

@Gargron renaming "Toot" to "Publish" is not the best decision you've made.

There was (and still is) a whole culture built around that word.

You are now going to lose that culture.
Don't underestimate what a shared vocabulary means for a community.

"Toot" is the sound of a horn.
Should people stop playing brass instruments because it euphemistically also means to let go of wind (which itself is an euphemism).

Who else thought "tweet" was silly back in the day?

What a lost opportunity.