I still can’t believe they expect anyone to take Mastodon seriously when the main action in the app is called “tooting”. Yes devs, we get it, it’s a hilarious fart joke and you’re so clever.
I thought it was supposed to be more like a mastodon tooting with it’s trunk?
Well of course, but since the word can mean both things, it’s a pun regardless of whether or not the devs intended it to be one.
I'm 99% sure that word was chosen because it's the onomatopoeia for a mastodon blowing its trunk and it's very similar to the word "tweeting".
True but it doesn't really matter. When your brand name is synonymous with something unpleasant, most people won't try to decide whether it's intentional or not. There's a reason why you typically wouldn't pick words that have offensive/unpleasant meanings when branding commercial products.