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X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why are the alternatives all so defecatory...
Because of enshittification lol
I actually think the poor branding is part of why Mastodon is hard to spread. Can you picture anyone seriously saying they "tooted" something? Because I can't.
People said the same thing about tweet when twitter first came out.
Not the same. Twitter and tweets were uniquely brilliant in a way that "toot" will never be. Farts are unpleasant. Bird sounds are very pleasant. Also, Every hear the phrase "a little bird told me"? Or notice how in very old disney movies (which are based on old German fairytales), that the birds talk (tweet) to the heroines as benevolent messengers? Twitter was honestly the perfect name for the company. Mastodon is a terrible name, but better than X
I dunno, allegedly people actually vote for a man named "Trump".
Mastodon is also just a terrible name for a Twitter alternative where nearly everyone thinks of the format as being tweets (a sound a bird makes). If they had to pick a animal name, then they should have picked a two syllable bird name like Magpie, Pigeon, Bluejay, Robin, Raven, or even a 3 syllable bird like StellarJay, Cockatoo, etc.
it's part of the appeal for me, it's nice when things are fun
I can relate to that, but fart sounds are also seen as childish and immature by lots of people so the site will never be a serious Twitter alternative unless they pick a bird name