[whywhywhydude]

I wish they changed the name to something better. Would probably increase adoption greatly if they can come up with a name that doesn’t sound like a porn site specializing in bondage.

[smsm42]

TIL a large prehistoric elephant is somehow closely associated with bondage porn. Will the wonders never cease.

[Nextgrid]

A "large prehistoric elephant" isn't really a good name for a social platform either.

[spicyusername]

How does "Mastodon" evoke that for you!?

[malwrar]

Mastodon looks like “master-dom” or “masto(urba…) dom” or similar. I also have experience with people giving a weird eye when I mention the name, it’s not pen island or anything but it’s close enough to have caused nonzero issues.

[LBJsPNS]

If people are giving you a weird eye over the name Mastodon, I would say it has much more to do with them than with the nane.

[xigoi]

The fact that you see the name this way says more about you.

[iz_zi]

It’s all good if you need something more vanilla there is discord.

[olddustytrail]

It might have made more sense if you'd included furries in the specialization...

[bluedino]

The name is fine. I always think of the heavy metal band.

[ihateyouall123]

This comment leads to so many questions that your therapist would love