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by TheThomas 6029 days ago
In most cases, the name probably doesn't matter too much. If the content posted adds value and the particular social network entity is linked prominently, people will likely follow/friend it regardless.

With this app, things were a bit hairier because the name of the twitter game was '@libs', so just saying the name of the game in a tweet could lead users astray. Certainly, constraints such as this should be taken into consideration before deciding on a name.