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Re:Improving support for adult content on Mastodon by jamesrcole on Sunday May 05, 2019 @09:21PM (#19836163)
> 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)

Re:Improving support for adult content on Mastodon by prophesi on Sunday May 05, 2019 @09:51PM (#19836281)
Honestly, the name doesn't matter once the network effect kicks in.
Re:Improving support for adult content on Mastodon by jamesrcole on Monday May 06, 2019 @06:56AM (#19838276)
But the naming (especially "toot", less so "Mastodon") will likely stop the network effect kicking in IMO. I think it's that bad.