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We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.
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It looks like a bunch of snowflakes or a trip of buttholes.
No thanks.
I quite like how *some* of the arms of the stars touch but not all. The older pentagram gives the impression that everything can connect to everything which has been hard to live up to.
But the ship has sailed and the pentagram has become well established.
An asterism! Very cool and Unicode standard! I’m on board.
Behold, the Trihole
3 cat buttholes. I love it.
There is a hidden 4th.
Looks like 5 to me
You had to say it.
It’s buttholes all the way down
You have rare condition of asterism. You need to check your dinkus.
I’m sold. Let’s do it.
I appreciate the argument, but I feel like there’s too much of a chance that we can do better with something in unicode. Or, that this isn’t really good enough. Three asterisks is just too meh, IMO, to catch on.
⁂ … to me right now just looks like a splodge on the screen.
Somewhat unfortunately, the pentagram in the older icon probably can’t really be used without some cartoon-ification, because reasons.
This is in unicode though? U+2042
I like it! Distinct but still simple enough that it could be easily stylized. The constellation symbolism works for me.
Ideally if it were used as an icon it would be slightly larger than the default text on a given page, though I’m not sure how well it fares on those cheap low-res laptopswe can do better with something in unicode.
Uh… It is Unicode.
U+2042 ⁂ ASTERISM
I know, but Unicode is big. I’m saying that there may very well be something better.
The icon created by meta gives me shivers…
I know why you did it so fast and why you choose ⁂, it’s already present and works as expected and probably to overcome meta’s implication into the fediverse…
However, every symbol didn’t exist at first and became popular on it’s own because it defended something people found important and fought for (Like the peace symbol)!
Maybe create our own symbol and let it make enough noise so it becomes it’s own symbol?
Sorry if it isn’t clear what I mean by that :/
I think many people share your sentiment and have argued the same point in other threads
Wait…this symbol already existed? What was it used to represent?
It’s in Unicode, duh… Otherwise, you’d need an image to represent it.
Dude, it’s less clear than the existing symbol. Stop trying to push this.
It looks like the state farm logo to me in small text.
So 3 footnotes? A bunch of snowflakes (which we are not)? Just, NO! Find something unique and original, that’s how branding works.
I appreciate the dunk on Threads, I wasn’t aware of that icon. How audacious.
About the current “pentagram” symbol:
However, its design is a little too complex to be used at small sizes, as you would in text or in a button. It’s also only available in image form, not as a typographical character.
We’ve used it as a tiny icon below posts from other instances and I’ve never found it problematic. I think it’s already too well established to replace just because we can’t type it. Besides, the three stars feel to me not distinct enough. Pushing Unicode Consortium to add it to the standard when the time comes is a batter way.
I do think however that it would be worth coming up with a proper name for the current symbol.
I do think however that it would be worth coming up with a proper name for the current symbol.
The Fedigram maybe?
What else!? 🏅
Instead of changing the symbol, we can ask the unicode committee to put the current fediverse symbol in the unicode.
That’s what I said
I shouldn’t comment just after waking up.
You definitely should! Lmao
