One of the things this site has going for it is that there's obvious and catchy verb that isn't riff on "tweet." The Bluesky people are calling their post a "skeet." Gross.

"Cast," the other hand, is so good. It harkens to older analog media, like broadcasting. It also makes me think of fishing, as in casting a rod to see what bites. That also feels like an apt metaphor.

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Good point. I love describing what I do here as "casting," for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

(Mastodon using "toot" is gross too).

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They officially dropped it in 2022 in favor of "publish," but some people are still using the word "toot."

They officially dropped it in 2022 in favor of "publish," but some people are still using the word "toot." 

https://www.itechpost.com/articles/115087/20221116/mastodon-officially-replaced-toot-publish.htm