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People want to change the Fedi logo :fediverse:, which shows diversity in Fedi with the colors and interconnectivity with the pentagram, to an asterism ⁂, which....is all white and disconnected.

People want to change the Fedi logo :fediverse:, which shows diversity in Fedi with the colors and interconnectivity with the pentagram, to an asterism ⁂, which....is all white and disconnected.

It can be colored using an image, but that's one of the reasons for wanting the change, so that an image isn't needed...😳

Furthermore, an asterism is a Unicode character, which is not a good idea to use as a "logo", as MANY people said when Elon did the same thing...

Let's not mimic Elon. He's not exactly a good person to mimic the behavior of...

#Fedi #Fediverse

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lemmy.world

I disagree with changing the logo to that unicode character.

I also think its a huge reach to say its “a white pentagram”.

A pentagram has five points.

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ppb.social

@[email protected] ugh, can we not change it….or if they insist....can we find something better than a swirl of astericks that just looks bland?

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I suggest:
⛤ Pentagram U+26E4
Or even cooler:
⛥ Right-Handed Interlaced Pentagram U+26E5
Which is less readable but more representative and unique

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lemmy.world

The asterism makes me think of "three cat butthole moon" everytime I see it, so yeah, perfect logo I guess.

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lemmy.world

Ok does everyone else go around actually seeing asterisks as buttholes like wtf am I the only normal one here

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lemmy.sdf.org

Asterisks as buttholes has been a common shorthand for eg.: kids-targeted animation that shows animals (such as cats as pets) for nearly four decades already.

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lemmy.world

The logo is good I think, but the fediverse needs to rebrand because "Fedi" sounds too much like fetish.

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masto.es

@[email protected] @[email protected] depends on your definition of broken, and to me they absolutely are.

First, for the name, it always felt a bit cringy to me and always prefer to talk about the activity pub over the fediverse. This thread explained why it felt so bad. https://degrowth.social/@yala/113016284424703730

Second, I think the explanation on the asterism proposal site is more than enough, but here goes some extra points I've read this days:

  • It can be indexed
  • It can be shown in a console and virtually any device
  • Can also fit any size for print
  • Shit's more accessible and hence more inclusive than any colors can represent. Period.
  • Can be modified by your font, for better or worse. You can even color it or put the old logo in it's place, so every time someone puts a ⁂ you see a :fedi:
  • Networks aren't supposed to be the same, sticked to each other, just connected.
  • It can live along the pentagram. It's a symbol, not a logo.
  • It can't be trademarked, which is good for us.
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Subverse is a very cool name, but none of those are both accurate and sound good like Fediverse does.

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kbalreply
fedia.io

The problem is that there's no "i" in "federated."

I propose that we all start calling it the Feddaverse

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0opsreply

But that just makes me think of cheese!

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