We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.
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⁂ is called an asterism. In astronomy, it refers to groups of stars in the sky, akin to constellations. We suggest that it’s a very fitting symbol for the fediverse, a galaxy of interconnected spaces which is decentralised and has an astronomically-themed name. It represents several stars coming together, connecting but each their own, without a centre.
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@ is the symbol for e-mail. # is the symbol for hashtags. ☮ is the symbol for peace. ♻ is the symbol for recycling. ⁂ can be the symbol for the fediverse. ⁂ is standardised as Unicode U+2042, making it ready to copy and insert anywhere.
Git Repository: fediverse-symbol/fediverse-symbol
Of note: ActivityPub (the protocol) has its own logo, seen in https://activitypub.rocks/ and other places. The protocol and the community are absolutely separate things, so this is really good.
I’ve never really linked the rainbow star icon, just because I don’t really like rainbows (IMO the ace flag is the prettiest but I might be biased). I’m also still not convinced that Meta’s icon is even supposed to represent the fediverse, as opposed to just a Threads feature that lets it connect to the fediverse. So overall I’m a fan of this proposal, although it does bug me that it uses 6-pointed stars in the font on the webpage and 5-pointed stars in most other typefaces. The 5-pointed stars create some nice negative space.
I like it because we are all snowflakes together
I wrote about this on my blog. I like the notion and points made here, but I also think we’re not helping by re-inventing things that already exist, so I’m torn on it. I have been happy with the existing one.
Especially when U+26E5 ⛥ is right there, and much closer to the current logo. Add lines connecting the outside and you’re basically there. If we made a font that rendered the sequence U+26E5 ⛥ + U+200D ZWJ + U+2B20 ⬠ as the Fediverse logo, and set it as default on Fediverse web platforms, we could go a long way towards getting it adopted.
Nah, It won’t happen because you can’t type it on a keyboard.
Yeah I tried it and it fell over ***
Isn’t there one already widely adopted? The rainbow mesh pentagon? Why rebranding?
I’m reading this thread on mobile, and the fediverse logo next to the community name is much easier to see than the three stars. If I didn’t already know what the three stars were from the rest of the post, I wouldn’t have a clue what they were supposed to be in the body. They look like a blurry capital A.
Obviously the fediverse logo is bigger there, which helps, but it’s not significantly bigger, and would still be clearer at a smaller size
I recommend the asterism to instead be adopted as the symbol for astigmatism.
Don’t typograh so small
My guess is because it’s unicode. But that doesn’t really matter. How often are you going to want to put the icon instead of just typing the fediverse
eg as a link where using a word 300 times on the same page would be cumbersome
“Fedi”
Already more than 50% shorter.
In comparison, asterism symbol (and any proposal that further extends into Unicode’s emoji area) still spends three, maybe four bytes.
I… umm… yes, I will grant that in UTF-8 and perhaps UTF-16, it encodes to fewer bytes. But that doesn’t have anything to do with my point.
my friend, please read the article. it does a great job of explaining the why. it only takes a minute to read.
So they touch upon it on their site:
The pentagram icon is the original symbol for the fediverse, created back in 2018 by Dr. Quadragon and Eukombos. It’s a great depiction of the decentralised nature of the fediverse, and has been serving the community well. 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.
I think they have a valid point. Currently on my website I use a Mastodon logo next to email and git and all that jazz. It’s not ideal, as it’s not so important that I’m on Mastodon specifically (and I might move to a self-hosted #Seppo instance in the future), but the existing fediverse icon would not work well at that scale.
It’s a huge branding effort to make it catch on though. And part of me likes the pentagram better.
- ⛤
- ⛥
- ⛦
- ⛧
- ⬠
- ⭔
Edit: Or this lookalike 🝆
Holy shit we are bloods
Aren’t we all crips?
Not with that list we’re not
What I’m hearing here is
Proposal to add current Fediverse symbol to Unicode
closest current one I can find is
⛥
or
⬠
Booo!!! Satan hater!! Hey everyone, this guy hates Satan!!!
Hate speech. Reported. Not cool.
Just can’t get away from that Yahwist propaganda.
U+26E5 RIGHT-HANDED INTERLACED PENTAGRAM and U+2B20 WHITE PENTAGON, for those curious
pretty sure this guy is trying to trick someone else into summoning a demon. It’s like telling people to hit alt-f4 to chat.
aeooooooooooo~
Both one off from the superior hexagon. The bestagon.
this guy RCFs
So we’re Bloods now?
It looks like a bunch of snowflakes. I’d rather not associate with that image.
Did someone just slap this together by copying and pasting an asterisk three times? I know we’re an open source, nerdy community but could we hire a graphic designer?
i like the gay satanism icon
lmao this is the funniest name I heard for the rainbow Pentagram surrounded by a rainbow Pentagon.
but that’s a disgusting logo
And an emoji for moths too
I wish there was a simple glass full of water emoji. Also a hugging one with a concerned face.
Then, also an emoji for showel+winter?
And one for showel+skull telling you are one of:- Digging up for the grave of sbd
- Digging up a grave of sbd
Not out yet https://emojipedia.org/shovel
🍟?
🍟+ 🧀 + 🥃 maybe? I guess it’s supposed to be a whiskey tumbler, but it looks close enough in color…
Most Egyptian hieroglyphics are in unicode. However, there are many other reasons for it not to be included.
Looking at how current emojis tend to be hard to distinguish without increasing the font size (I see ~13 px on this page), I’d say the fediverse icon fits the criterion well enough.
Also,
I can see the icon in here well enough
I don’t think it works well typographically but I’d like to see a mockup
I think it would work fine as an emoji though.
Its use looks contrived to me on the linked GitHub page. The comparison with @ and # is flawed because those symbols are part of the resource name, whereas here the symbol is superfluous. It’s like adding a 🌐 in front of every web URL.
logo added to Unicode than reuse an existing symbol. It’s not impossible, considering that the Bitcoin symbol (₿) ended up making it.
