Can I say that mastodon is a horrible name?
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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Lemmy isn't a lot better, tbh.
Also Kbin is a terrible name too. They really don't understand branding and accessibility in these new "grass-roots" apps.
Is reddit a great name? I don't think so. How about TikTok? Nah. It's about the product and its popularity. The name only needs to get you to the product. Past that the name doesn't matter.
It could be named dgoSh1t.biz and if it attracted the "cool kids", worked well, and filled a need it would take off.
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Why? They're like elephants but even more badass!
Also, Threads is a super generic name which IMO is worse. Honestly sounds like a computer science student's proof of concept social media they made for class.
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They ended up going back to Twitter lol
I love mastadon, I hope threads burns down to the ground. I am not a big fan of THE ZUCKMAN
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I truly do not get it. I hate everything lizard boy touches :(
Nerds, geeks and general outsiders like and look for things like Mastodon and the fediverse, the majority of people just want convenience and ease of access and things like Twitter and Threads have that. Until celebrities and companies join the fediverse you won't get normal people and at that point it won't be any different from Twitter. I like Mastodon but it has nothing on the ease and just general amount of everything that Twitter has which is what brings in users.
Lol, I got hyped about Threads until I saw who runs it... meta... yeah no thanks!
How is twitter still alive? I have been wondering it since 2013 when i stopped using it
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