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[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

My only question is do we pronounce the "x" in xitter like "x" would be pronounced in a Chinese word? "Sh-itter"?

[-] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is pronounced Shitter, and Tweets are now Toots.

[-] NekkoDroid@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

Do NOT associate Mastodon stuff with that shit

[-] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What term constituted “mastodon stuff” to prompt your comment? Haven’t yet tried mastodon so just curious.

[-] q47tx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

A guy pledged a bunch of money to the creator of Mastodon if he named the posts “toots”. So the name stuck and Mastodon got a bunch of server and development funds.

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