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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X," its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.
How is Twitter a bad name? I immediately get the imagine of birds tweeting at each other which is exactly how twitter works, only that birds would probably say less stupid shit.
Did you think “Twitter” was a good name?
Because it’s not.
But it is. It’s brief, it is memorable enough and is unique (which also makes it googlable)
I don’t know if “Twitter” is better than “Mastadon”, but I know that “tweeting” is far better than “tooting”.
I just tooted while reading this.
How is Twitter a bad name? I immediately get the imagine of birds tweeting at each other which is exactly how twitter works, only that birds would probably say less stupid shit.