Mastodon Has Officially Retired the 'Toot,' Its Version of the Tweet

Not everyone is pleased with the decision to change "toot" to "publish," but many third-party apps are continuing to use the original term for posts anyway.

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@taylorlorenz fine by me! toot is a dumb term
@triskeltic yeah, but "publish" as a noun?!?
@acm_redfox I guess, for a noun, "post"