On 18/11/2022 12.46, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 10:28:34 +1300, I wrote:
Yeah ... “toot” ...
It appears that quaint little term is being retired <https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-toot-retired-twitter-tweet-equivalent-1849786221>, in favour of the blander “publish”. That was apparently the Mastodon creator’s original choice anyway.
"Bland" is probably the fate of things that become generalised and 'standardised'. The applicable 'standard' (it's not really termed such) is even called "The ActivityPub protocol". Objects may have three datetime descriptors: "published", "updated", and "deleted". The first kind-of gives the game away. In its original form the protocol was called "ActivityPump". Be thankful we are not pumping posts! Toot-ing never conjured-up images of a mastodon/mammoth in my mind - nothing to do with bad/dangerous driving, for example. Vaguely struck me as sounding jealous of "tweeting". Aren't elephants described as trumpeting? In recent days, mastodon.nzoss.nz (the New Zealand Open Source Society) has been reporting growth by leaps-and-bounds. I don't think it is necessary to be a financial member of the society before asking for an account. Make own approach, or will be happy to enquire on your behalf, upon request (off-list). -- Regards =dn