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Thor 🇳🇴
@Gargron afaik the protocol calls them "statuses" and "reblogs" and i feel these are adequate terms
21 Apr 2021 at 17:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on pl.thj.no
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Eugen Rochko

@thor The protocol calls them notes and announces. Statuses and reblogs is what's been in the Mastodon code and REST API from the beginning.

Frankly, I like reblog more than boost because it's so much more self-explanatory, but alright, boost isn't the worst either. Status, it just sounds clunky, especially plural: statuses. Posts is better.

21 Apr 2021 at 17:19 | Open on mastodon.social
phii (local floofgirl cutie)

@Gargron Actually, the plural of status can also be status (not that this is better, tho).

And yeah, I also think that renaming toots to posts is somewhat a pity. It adds inconsistency, gives mastodon a representation for ignoring its communities wishes, invalidates lots of pre-existing toots that somehow reference the word "toots" (in a way, it isn't backwards-compatible, so to say), and removes culture and character from mastodon like removing the cocktail decorations from a cocktail party would.

Also, didn't the original pull request talk about way more UI naming changes than just the "someone boosted your post" message?

@Gargron Actually, the plural of status can also be status (not that this is better, tho).

And yeah, I also think that renaming toots to posts is somewhat a pity. It adds inconsistency, gives mastodon a representation for ignoring its communities wishes, invalidates lots of pre-existing toots that somehow reference the word "toots" (in a way, it isn't backwards-compatible, so to say), and removes culture and character from mastodon like removing the cocktail decorations from a cocktail party would.
21 Apr 2021 at 17:46 | Open on toot.phseiff.com
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