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Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by switch007 » Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 4:50 PM UTC

kylebenzle wrote: post #80

switch007 wrote: post #39

The previous icon (the pentagram) was better because the things were actually connected. The new one has 3 disconnected stars.

The fediverse is also very disconnected.

Oh ok

FTA

> The need for a symbol

>

> Thanks to the interconnected nature of the fediverse...

Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by appplication » Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 5:39 PM UTC

switch007 wrote: post #39

The previous icon (the pentagram) was better because the things were actually connected. The new one has 3 disconnected stars.

Does also feel weird to optimize around a text symbol over a logo that can have deliberate design or iteration.

Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC

account42 wrote: post #19

snickerbockers wrote: post #17

Nobody will ever use this unless it miraculously becomes a standard symbol on keyboards.

I think this proposal is silly but come on, no keyboard has a twitter icon either.

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Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by snickerbockers » Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 5:42 PM UTC

account42 wrote: post #19

snickerbockers wrote: post #17

Nobody will ever use this unless it miraculously becomes a standard symbol on keyboards.

I think this proposal is silly but come on, no keyboard has a twitter icon either.

yeah and that's why you wrote out "twitter" instead of using some creative sequence of unicode characters to describe a blue bird visually in your post implying that people tend to do so.

Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by EricRiese » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 1:36 AM UTC

So is the proposal to write handles as username⁂hostname ? Or ⁂username⁂hostname ?

Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by githubprjct » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 2:26 AM UTC

card_zero wrote: post #23

minikomi wrote: post #14

マックロクロスケ

(Miyazaki soot sprites) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susuwatari

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Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by githubprjct » Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 8:30 AM UTC

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Re: A symbol for the Fediverse

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Post by ezekg » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 1:25 PM UTC

Reminds me of Splinter Cell. I do like it though.