Because tweet never had any negative connotations before Twitter took it on. It’s the sound a bird makes. Toot is slang for farting which doesn’t have the greatest associations. It’s also like skeet for blue sky. I get why the owners wouldn’t want a word that has a whole and common on their platform community that knows that word as slang for ejaculation.
How is it any more stupid than a tweet? That was pretty mass marketable, I would say.
Because tweet never had any negative connotations before Twitter took it on. It’s the sound a bird makes. Toot is slang for farting which doesn’t have the greatest associations. It’s also like skeet for blue sky. I get why the owners wouldn’t want a word that has a whole and common on their platform community that knows that word as slang for ejaculation.
I’m four years old and I think it’s funny. Also, “skeet” as slang for “blue sky”? I love it, you’re a visionary, how do we make this happen?
All of that nonsense is hilarious. Toot and skeet sound absolutely ridiculous. At least it’s amusing seeing people trying to make fetch happen.