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The Mastodon Social Network Just Released a Big Update (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Greenpepper@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I love the ability to follow hashtags and get the results in the home stream. Friendica has that option for many years but for me it's a very welcome feature.

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[–] noodlejetski@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

BRING BACK THE TOOT

[–] Helix@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They did away with the toot? I still say "tooting"...

[–] Canard@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Rochko said at the time he was unaware of the connotation. “Probably not a lot of people know this now, but Mastodon’s web app started out with ‘Publish’. In 2016, a famous YouTuber jokingly offered to support Mastodon’s Patreon forever if I changed the button to say ‘Toot’ instead. Needless to say, this was a really early, and not very informed decision. The first glimpse of attention and financial support. As a non-native speaker I had no idea there was another meaning,” Rochko said in a post last May.

Source: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/11/mastodon-has-officially-retired-the-toot-its-version-of-the-tweet/

[–] noodlejetski@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

The web interface also looks slightly different, matching the project’s current purple logo and color scheme, and changing the “Toot” button to “Publish.”