Imagining if Mastodon called instances "neighborhoods" instead. The metaphor works really well IMO and doesn't sound like robot-speke.

@alexhillman I’d be happy if they just changed the term Toot. Because, seriously: I lose so many people (to laughter and derision) in a discussion of Mastodon when they discover that posts are called toots.

Often “ya, I have no interest in a social media platform designed by juvenile boys.”

Why didn’t y’all just call them “Farts” and be done with it?