It's a feeling, so not easily rationalizable... I wonder if it has anything to do with being "Gypped" (), but for me even outside of that connotation, the word evokes negative feeling.

() Interestingly, I too have for the first time looked up the etymology and feel uncomfortable; I think because I've only ever heard it before, and assumed it was spelled differently like "Jipped" or something https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/30/242429836...

I also think it’s a horrible name, reminds me of “Tootsie” and an equally ugly logo to match.

These things are subjective but if enough people hate it, perhaps it’s important to look into it.

I normally complain about terrible open source branding but didn't have a negative reaction to this branding when I saw this post.

Goes to show how important it is to do user research on a broad swath of the population to make sure you have branding that isn't off-putting to a significant subset of people.

Definitely. There is also universal agreement in good branding vs bad branding. I’ve been browsing the top branding blog for over 12 years now: https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/

Still subjective but let’s compare Jitsi brand with something from https://www.cghnyc.com/

There is certainly a huge difference even though it’s not a quantitative measure.

Jitsi brand just sucks so bad. :(

I think there's some irony in complaining about "Jitsi" and proving a link to "cghnyc".