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   blaine (blaine@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 09:56:53 JST blaine

   • Eugen Rochko
   • Rigo Wenning

   @mconnor @rigo @Gargron totally. Linux is a clear exception here, because "Debian" definitely isn't "Linux" but also it is.

   I think Mastodon is going to be more like that, so my original (now deleted) point is (imho) pretty important. Either we're going to end up with "Mastodon" as a generic term that refers to the network of federated social software, or we need to intentionally stop using "Mastodon" in that way and replace it with a generic term (e.g. fediverse).

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 09:57:49 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • かき@GNUsocialJP
     • Rigo Wenning

     @blaine @mconnor @rigo Mastodon is not a generic term. You can ask a Pleroma user if they want to be referred to as a Mastodon user. You will get a very strong answer. Mastodon refers only to the Mastodon part of the fediverse. Please use a generic term like fediverse for anything else.