A symbol for the ⁂ fediverse (symbol.fediverse.info)

submitted 4 months ago by jeena@piefed.jeena.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.

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[-] halm@leminal.space 153 points 4 months ago

There already is a symbol for the fediverse:

This has existed for years already, is used widely, and IMHO looks way better than this dull attempt. I see no good argument in the campaign website for using this new one instead.

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 19 points 4 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 4 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 🤷🏻‍♂️