With a universe of possible ASCII combinations to choose from - just because a particular iteration is witty, it does not automatically exclude it from offending one or more groups of people (whatever the reasoning).
If you want widespread adoption of your tool, your best bet is to try to offend as few groups as possible.
"If you want widespread adoption of your tool, your best bet is to try to offend as few groups as possible."
I don't agree with this at all. Sometimes things are successful for the very fact that they're divisive. If your priority is to not offend anyone, you run the risk of being forgotten by everyone.
Agreed, but, that's not really an answer to the question I'm asking. I also don't think OP, the author of 'clit', intends for it to supplant Tweetdeck ... it seems like a one-off that he slapped a name on and threw on Github.
If you want widespread adoption of your tool, your best bet is to try to offend as few groups as possible.