Oh, so posts on here really were called "Toots." Lol, I thought youse were making that up lolz.

https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-toot-retired-twitter-tweet-equivalent-1849786221

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.

Gizmodo
@InfoSecSherpa So we’re supposed to call them “publishes” now? Changing the button to “post” makes more sense.