Then have people expecting more or less what Twitter was on the Fediverse. I personally would rather see it verge off in it’s own direction away from a lot of what Twitter was from the mechanics to the atmosphere.

That’s good to hear and was an interesting read. Thanks!

Eugen Rochko, the software’s German creator, explained amid a flood of new users this month that he’d adopted the word “toot” early on at the urging of a popular Youtuber who’d offered him financial support as long as he continued using the term, which in addition to describing the noise created by a horn is — in American English at least — a synonym for the word “fart.”

Rochko said at the time he was unaware of the connotation.

I suppose it makes sense. I’ll probably keep calling them toots similar to how I call posts on X tweets.

Not-so-fun fact: the Spix’s macaw from Rio is now extinct in the wild

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/09/americas/rio-spix-blue-macaw-extinct-brazil/index.html

I am not sure if that’s a good omen for a mascot. Besides Mastodon has toots. Could become the new generic term for micro blogging.

I think it’s probably a good idea to separate Mastodon and Twitter so people don’t think that’s what Mastodon is striving to be.