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[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 39 points 9 months 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 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

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