diff --git a/src/app.jsx b/src/app.jsx
index a2b4c2b3..22537ea5 100644
--- a/src/app.jsx
+++ b/src/app.jsx
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ function App() {
               if (newStatus) {
                 states.reloadStatusPage++;
                 showToast({
-                  text: 'Status posted. Check it out.',
+                  text: 'Post published. Check it out.',
                   delay: 1000,
                   duration: 10_000, // 10 seconds
                   onClick: (toast) => {
diff --git a/src/components/account-info.jsx b/src/components/account-info.jsx
index be582d64..a274a8c8 100644
--- a/src/components/account-info.jsx
+++ b/src/components/account-info.jsx
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ function RelatedActions({ info, instance, authenticated }) {
           <span class="tag">Following you</span>
         ) : !!lastStatusAt ? (
           <small class="insignificant">
-            Last status:{' '}
+            Last post:{' '}
             {niceDateTime(lastStatusAt, {
               hideTime: true,
             })}
diff --git a/src/components/compose.jsx b/src/components/compose.jsx
index d8f8edef..5d224337 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.jsx
+++ b/src/components/compose.jsx
@@ -642,14 +642,14 @@ function Compose({
             <div class="status-preview-legend reply-to">
               Replying to @
               {replyToStatus.account.acct || replyToStatus.account.username}
-              &rsquo;s status
+              &rsquo;s post
             </div>
           </div>
         )}
         {!!editStatus && (
           <div class="status-preview">
             <Status status={editStatus} size="s" previewMode />
-            <div class="status-preview-legend">Editing source status</div>
+            <div class="status-preview-legend">Editing source post</div>
           </div>
         )}
         <form
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ function Compose({
               replyToStatus
                 ? 'Post your reply'
                 : editStatus
-                ? 'Edit your status'
+                ? 'Edit your post'
                 : 'What are you doing?'
             }
             required={mediaAttachments?.length === 0}
diff --git a/src/components/status.jsx b/src/components/status.jsx
index edbb9b8f..9c0feee5 100644
--- a/src/components/status.jsx
+++ b/src/components/status.jsx
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ function Status({
 
   const statusRef = useRef(null);
 
-  const unauthInteractionErrorMessage = `Sorry, your current logged-in instance can't interact with this status from another instance.`;
+  const unauthInteractionErrorMessage = `Sorry, your current logged-in instance can't interact with this post from another instance.`;
 
   const textWeight = () =>
     Math.max(
diff --git a/src/pages/account-statuses.jsx b/src/pages/account-statuses.jsx
index fb4e6783..171cfc83 100644
--- a/src/pages/account-statuses.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/account-statuses.jsx
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function AccountStatuses() {
       id="account-statuses"
       instance={instance}
       emptyText="Nothing to see here yet."
-      errorText="Unable to load statuses"
+      errorText="Unable to load posts"
       fetchItems={fetchAccountStatuses}
       useItemID
       boostsCarousel={snapStates.settings.boostsCarousel}
diff --git a/src/pages/notifications.jsx b/src/pages/notifications.jsx
index 4492263f..01312fc9 100644
--- a/src/pages/notifications.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/notifications.jsx
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ admin.report = A new report has been filed
 */
 
 const contentText = {
-  mention: 'mentioned you in their status.',
-  status: 'posted a status.',
-  reblog: 'boosted your status.',
+  mention: 'mentioned you in their post.',
+  status: 'published a post.',
+  reblog: 'boosted your post.',
   follow: 'followed you.',
   follow_request: 'requested to follow you.',
-  favourite: 'favourited your status.',
+  favourite: 'favourited your post.',
   poll: 'A poll you have voted in or created has ended.',
   'poll-self': 'A poll you have created has ended.',
   'poll-voted': 'A poll you have voted in has ended.',
-  update: 'A status you interacted with has been edited.',
-  'favourite+reblog': 'boosted & favourited your status.',
+  update: 'A post you interacted with has been edited.',
+  'favourite+reblog': 'boosted & favourited your post.',
 };
 
 const NOTIFICATION_ICONS = {
diff --git a/src/pages/status.jsx b/src/pages/status.jsx
index d108f236..33c10037 100644
--- a/src/pages/status.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/status.jsx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function StatusPage(params) {
           setHeroStatus(status);
         } catch (err) {
           console.error(err);
-          alert('Unable to load status.');
+          alert('Unable to load post.');
           location.hash = closeLink;
         }
       })();
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ function StatusThread({ id, closeLink = '/', instance: propInstance }) {
               </>
             ) : (
               <>
-                Status{' '}
+                Post{' '}
                 <button
                   type="button"
                   class="ancestors-indicator light small"
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ function StatusThread({ id, closeLink = '/', instance: propInstance }) {
           )}
           {uiState === 'error' && (
             <p class="ui-state">
-              Unable to load status
+              Unable to load post
               <br />
               <br />
               <button