Glossary for Mastodon & the Fediverse:

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

Glossary for Mastodon & the Fediverse:

"Toot" = A post, refers to Mastodon's mascot , also "status"

"Boost" = A post you've shared with your followers, boost something by clicking on or below a post, also "re-blog"

"CW" = Content Warning, click ️ when posting to add one, people have to click the warning to see your CW-ed posts

"Instance" = Alternative name for a Fediverse server, also "node"

"Vanilla Mastodon" = Standard non-customised Mastodon

"Birdsite" = Twitter/X

Any others?

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"EC" = Eye Contact
"OH" = Overheard

[corax42@mastodon.social]

@FediTips Well if you explain "Birdsite", you should probably explain "Hellsite" as well

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@Corax42

There seems to be disagreement about which one is hellsite?

I used to think it meant Twitter, but have heard it used about Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Tiktok etc 🥴

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@goowose

Hadn't heard OH before, what kind of context is that used in?

[corax42@mastodon.social]

@FediTips That's interesting. I think I've only ever encountered it as a nickname for Twitter/X, but I could well be wrong

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@Corax42

I used to post that it meant Twitter, but people corrected me so I left it out this time

[crazypedia@pagan.plus]

@FediTips

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@Crazypedia

Oh darn, yeah, how could I miss that one!

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p.s. Some more Fediverse glossary:

“Alt Text” = Text descriptions on images, videos, audio

"Subtoot" = Posting about someone without mentioning them

“LB” or “Last Boost” = Discussing the post you just shared separately

"Pol" = Often used in content warnings if someone wants to hide a post about politics

"Sportsball” = Any sport, slightly self-mocking

"Defederate" = When one server cuts off all connections with another server

"" = Fedi people post random pineapples, no one knows why

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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services AFAIK "toot" is deprecated and even Mastodon refers to them as just "post"

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@minka

You can't deprecate culture

People will use whatever words they want to use, even if no one official uses them.