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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 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. ;)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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