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 I think they should be called "masts", "mastos" or something related to mastodon
#Mastodon
#Toots
@carloshr
Toots *are* related to mastodons. It's the noise elephants make when they blow their trunk like a trumpet. TOOT!
@alexch Oh! I didn't know that. So, now i think we should keep calling "toots" 😅