Hello people of the Fediverse! Some of you may have heard that a new Mastodon client, Ivory, is in development for iOS (and Mac!). This is true! Tapbots is going all in on Mastodon and we hope this place continues to grow and thrive. Tweetbot will continue to be developed alongside Ivory as a lot of code is shared. A new Mac version of Tweetbot and Ivory are also currently in development and we are working hard on getting those towards a public beta state.
@ivory I think the name is going to be problematic as ivory now represents a rare beauty that can only be acquired through illegal killing. What about Tusk?
@chrispeters @ivory I don't see anything about this app promoting (directly or indirectly) killing elephants for their tusks. Where are you seeing that?
@ambihelical @ivory of course the app and the devs are not promoting the killing of animals. The ivory name is clearly playing off being pure, valuable and pretty. Maybe the devs would like to donate a portion app sales to further end the trade of ivory.
Note, this is just an observation. I’m not going to die on this hill. I’d loved Tweetbot and will probably use Ivory as well.