> (I'm left wondering what a better vernacular might be for short text-based posts than "tweets.")
I'm not sure either. I've seen:
1. Status updates (I think identica was the one who used this a lot)
2. Post (one I personally use, although I think this came from Facebook)
3. Toot (how Mastodon started)
4. And of course, tweets for Twitter
Hmm… maybe “content” fits? Say: micro-content, or something cooler. ^^;;
But a good thing to raise. Things are becoming more and more generic instead of cool.