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A symbol for the โ‚ fediverse (symbol.fediverse.info)
submitted 2 months ago by jeena@piefed.jeena.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

We propose the symbol โ‚ to represent the fediverse.

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[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 18 points 2 months ago

The weak argument they make is this doesn't look good at small sizes. Personally I don't think that constitutes a good enough reason to rebrand the fediverse

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago

I commented on the last post about this, the three stars are difficult to make out on a small screen, they look like a blurry capital A. On top of that, it's apparently used in astronomy to represent clusters of stars, like a constellation.

The whole point of this campaign appears to be to replace a unique symbol with one that's already in use and is hard to read at small sizes ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

On top of that, it's apparently used in astronomy to represent clusters of stars, like a constellation.

Isn't that kind of perfect though

[-] halm@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Exactly. A logo isn't meant to work at 11 point size in the middle of inline text. The typographical argument is nonsense, and I think this proposal is really a reaction to the idiotic "Satanic panic" over the rainbow pentacle.

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah which if that's the argument we're having... I kinda don't want to give people that dumb any influence. The fediverse symbol is not a pentagram and if the rainbow giving gay people visibility is somehow wrong, then... Fuck me I guess because I'd rather make gay people comfortable than a bunch of folks who've fallen down some manner of christofascist rabbit hole

[-] halm@leminal.space 0 points 2 months ago
[-] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It is not pentacle, it is 10-colored 5-node complete graph.

For people who didn't study in school entire life is filled with magic.

[-] halm@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

Well played ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜„

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