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0 pointsiamnothere6y ago0 comments

I guess I'm a cynic, but:

> Breaking news. In a series of explosive toots...

> The foreign minister was forced to resign after a number of offensive toots...

> Everyone's talking about what J K Rowling tooted today...

If the age of tweet-reporting ends because of "toots" then I am all for it. As for your other examples, you have a decent point.

> OMG, your toots are so funny!...

> I can't believe you tooted that!...

I can see how this might feel weird for some people, at least in the English-speaking world. But people thought "tweeting" was ridiculous, and they made fun of it relentlessly. In the end it doesn't matter all that much.

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jamesrcole6y ago

> But people thought "tweeting" was ridiculous, and they made fun of it relentlessly.

I don't think the terms "tweeting" and "tooting" are in the same ballpark in terms of how ridiculous they sound to people.

> In the end it doesn't matter all that much.

But naming does matter, which is why companies spend huge sums on it each year.

(Btw I removed those examples from my earlier comment as I felt they weren't relevant to the topic we were originally discussing, which was the name Madstodon)

prophesi6y ago

Honestly, the name doesn't matter once the network effect kicks in.

jamesrcole6y ago

But the naming (especially "toot", less so "Mastodon") will likely stop the network effect kicking in IMO. I think it's that bad.

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0 pointsiamnothere6y ago0 comments

I guess I'm a cynic, but:

> Breaking news. In a series of explosive toots...

> The foreign minister was forced to resign after a number of offensive toots...

> Everyone's talking about what J K Rowling tooted today...

If the age of tweet-reporting ends because of "toots" then I am all for it. As for your other examples, you have a decent point.

> OMG, your toots are so funny!...

> I can't believe you tooted that!...

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jamesrcole6y ago

> But people thought "tweeting" was ridiculous, and they made fun of it relentlessly.

I don't think the terms "tweeting" and "tooting" are in the same ballpark in terms of how ridiculous they sound to people.

> In the end it doesn't matter all that much.

But naming does matter, which is why companies spend huge sums on it each year.

(Btw I removed those examples from my earlier comment as I felt they weren't relevant to the topic we were originally discussing, which was the name Madstodon)

prophesi6y ago

Honestly, the name doesn't matter once the network effect kicks in.

jamesrcole6y ago

But the naming (especially "toot", less so "Mastodon") will likely stop the network effect kicking in IMO. I think it's that bad.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse