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Mastodon is a terrible name

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I know mastodon joked about not changing their name in their recent changelog but I wish they really did change it. It’s long, doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue and it’s difficult to pronounce in most languages.

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Edit: above all I don’t think it’s a cool name. Can’t imagine asking my friends to follow me on Mastodon. They’re just gonna think it’s something dumb or weird. At least if it had a cool name they would be curious and ask what it’s about.

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Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world
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Yeah I thoroughly disagree with this one. They are an amazing band, and the name really evokes a sense of what they are - massively loud beasts of heavy metal. Fuckin rock on

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FlaxPicker@lemmy.world
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As a fan of the dinosaur era of power rangers, mastodon was one of the coolest to me.

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Dolphinfucker420@sh.itjust.works
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Brachiosaurus and I’ll fight you on that (Black dino ranger)

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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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\m/

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