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neku wrote
i dont use the federation stuff but i forgot that it was a twitter derivative and not just like, forums or whatever. i hope they continue to use "toot" as the name for their posts and the whole platform fails because of only that
hollyhoppet wrote
regrettably the person that owns mastodon has changed the name in all application literature and interface to just "post," citing "toot" as being too unprofessional. he's basically gone full techbro. even calls himself "CEO of Mastodon" which while technically true since the software is owned by the non-profit company Mastodon gGmbH... like lmao. additionally, over the years he's gotten real vocal about basically not really caring about users with privacy, security, or accessibility concerns. it's been a real weird heel turn to see
neku wrote
maybe if you're an open source development guy for long enough eventually you become an Open Source Development Guy
voxpoplar wrote
I think it is an attempt to take on twitter, just jumping on the federation idea to sound fancy and innovative.