Tooter formerly known as DougMay 23, 2017
The Book of Kels

Thinking about it, I like that the Mastodon equivalent for retweets is called "boosts" instead. Unlike "retweet" or "reblog", which centres your action in placing other people's stuff on your timeline, the action is more about increasing the range of the original toot (or jinx or awoo or w/e). The focus, I think, is more on them.

Besides, there are different words for "toot" on different instances, not to mention "retoot" being awkward as hell to say.

May 22, 2017 at 3:05pmWeb
Show threadVeritech Yelp ComplainerMay 22, 2017
@Nezchan I like how ActivityPub uses "share" for similar reasons
Show threadThe Book of KelsMay 22, 2017

@superbranch Yeah, I like that too for similar reasons.

It helps that I'm already used to the term "signal boosting" which this is similar to.

Show threadFlorianMay 22, 2017
@Nezchan that was legitimately part of the reasoning behind choosing "boost", I think "like in signal boosting" was literally dropped along the suggestion
Show threadThe Book of KelsMay 22, 2017
@theoutrider It's good thinking and I applaud it.
Show threadKateMay 23, 2017
@Nezchan I really like that I remember this happening, all thanks to @actualham. That still remains the ethos of mastodon for me, that ordinary users can make a difference.
Show threadThe Book of KelsMay 23, 2017

@katebowles @actualham As I said to someone else, the Mastodon I like the best is the Mastodon that does its own thing rather than "Twitter with tweaks".

When Mastodon has a different concept or design statement, I appreciate that.

Show threadJ DavisJun 1, 2017
@Nezchan
Haha!
"increasing the range of the original toot" outside the context of mastodon...
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