I dearly love the idea of a ”Toot” on Mastodon. To Toot is to add to the conversation. A toot is a small contribution. We are “tooters” and we are “tooting”.
If we Post or Publish what do we call that which we publish or post, what is it we are doing?
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/108352419081380277
I'm kinda "meh" either way. i18n has more priority in my mind than "grade-school humor", and to me that is what a "toot" is. Now, grade-school humor has a place, and I'm quite happy to be in that place, but it *is* that particular place. If I were going to pick a hill to die on, I'd have a chat with the i28n community at large along with professionals who both do and refuse to use this platform on what factor "tooting" has to do with it.
But I'm not in any such position to have such conversations, and I have no meaningful say in code commits. I don't know if @Gargron has more to add or developments past the post I reference, but if I'm to be on Mastodon for the haul, I want the platform to be in there for the haul for *me*.
@Romaq Ah, I enjoyed the humour of it. I had no idea there was such a history to the term and @Gargron had deprecated it ages back, although it seems to have a life of it’s own. When you think about it, “tweet”, is also a totally silly name, however it does have the advantage of being both a verb and a noun.
But yes, i18n is massively more important and ensuring the platform is accessible to the widest range of people.