[keepquestioning]

Could not have picked a worse name for a social network.

[commoner]

Are you talking about Twitter or Mastodon? Many company and product names are awkward before they become mainstream.

[keepquestioning]

Twitter is light hearted. Mastodon sounds like obscure metal band

[riffic]

who cares, this is the ultimate in bike shedding.

there's never a discussion on HN where someone brings up a product without this asinine comment about its name.

btw Mastodon is great software and it has a great name and branding. It's all subjective.