This mirrors my own thinking regarding the name too.
It reminds me of when you're, like, 11, and you want to be an edgelord and use bad words, but not actually get in trouble for using bad words, so you make up your own new word that's spelled different.
I do understand the desire to create a name that sounds like a thing (Reddit, Voat), but those are basically neutral words that don't carry connotations with them; at least not negative ones. Phuks does, as the spelling and sound of it makes you immediately go to a expletive in your mind, which just doesn't carry a good vibe with me.
This mirrors my own thinking regarding the name too.
It reminds me of when you're, like, 11, and you want to be an edgelord and use bad words, but not actually get in trouble for using bad words, so you make up your own new word that's spelled different.
I do understand the desire to create a name that sounds like a thing (Reddit, Voat), but those are basically neutral words that don't carry connotations with them; at least not negative ones. Phuks does, as the spelling and sound of it makes you immediately go to a expletive in your mind, which just doesn't carry a good vibe with me.
That's how I looked at it, at first.
But a couple potential users that I saw turned away by the name, were good ones.
I don't think it is because they find it offensive, I think some see it as silly or immature.