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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by WovenTales on Thursday April 19, 2018 @06:20PM (#16880671)
They were thinking that "scuttlebutt" means "gossip", and that the "butt" is just a water barrel. Basically, the ancient form of water cooler talk.
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by nasredin on Friday April 20, 2018 @05:29AM (#16883395)
Naming products is not a strength of the Web 2.0 Generation (2005+)
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