From ddf5746d4e84247df5acb3c6390f4526e9e1bcb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Landon Curt Noll Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:10:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add note to 2014/maffiodo2 README.md about tooting --- 2014/maffiodo2/README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/2014/maffiodo2/README.md b/2014/maffiodo2/README.md index be59bfd5b..c9ecb07cd 100644 --- a/2014/maffiodo2/README.md +++ b/2014/maffiodo2/README.md @@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ to social media that has a small size limit. Who will be the first to tweet this source? How many re-tweets will such tweet get? And how many people will really understand the tweet? +Judges' 2023 update: Last year we would have referred to a +[toot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_\(social_network\)#Comparison_to_Twitter), +as in a [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc) *toot*. +This year we might have mentioned the term +[publish](https://www.itechpost.com/articles/115087/20221116/mastodon-officially-replaced-toot-publish.htm) +although we remain fond of the +[historic Mastodon term, toot](https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-toot-retired-twitter-tweet-equivalent-1849786221). + ## Author's remarks: