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A symbol for the fediverse ⁂

We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.

⁂ 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.

@ 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

Rentlar ,

I’m more partial to the pentagram/star ⛤🌟 shape of the current fediverse logo. It would be nice to have a monochrome and emoji form in unicode, just have the pentagram encased in a pentagon.

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Thanks, I hate it.

aeronmelon ,

I like it because it reminds me of the Japanese kanji 森 Mori (Forest).

Which is in and of itself brilliant because it’s the kanji 木 Ki (Tree) repeated three times and bunched together.

chiisana ,
@chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net avatar

Technically, the words are adopted from Chinese (in this case both Traditional and Simplified are the same and have not diverged yet); but same meaning and reasoning, just different pronunciation.

sunglocto ,

This looks like shit, is used for something else already, we already have an icon for the fediverse and this has 0 reason to exist

SuperFola ,
@SuperFola@programming.dev avatar

Three dots like this is also an ACAB symbol.

asdfasdfasdf ,

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?

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

I’d rather see the current Fediverse logo added to Unicode than reuse an existing symbol. It’s not impossible, considering that the Bitcoin symbol () ended up making it.

jerkface ,
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

I don’t think it works well typographically but I’d like to see a mockup

intensely_human ,

So we’re Bloods now?

mnmalst ,

lambalicious ,

What I’m hearing here is

Proposal to add current Fediverse symbol to Unicode

jerkface ,
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

this guy RCFs

drspod ,

closest current one I can find is

or

chiisana ,
@chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net avatar

Emojis used zero width joiner to combine multiple single code point emoji to a single combined emoji.

+ ZWJ + could form the combined character, and be rendered as desired.

jerkface ,
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

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.

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

Which would hopefully give something like this

fediverse-unicode-black.png

fediver-unicode-white.png

Carighan ,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

Both one off from the superior hexagon. The bestagon.

MrSoup ,
intensely_human ,

Holy shit we are bloods

MrSoup ,

Aren’t we all crips?

Tippon ,

Am I misunderstanding this - you want to replace a recognised symbol with a symbol that’s already being used by another group? That seems counterproductive at best.

I’m also wondering, have you spoken to anyone with poor eyesight? This is my reply to a comment below suggesting that the new symbol would be easier to read:

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

jerkface ,
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s not being used by another group to represent themselves. It’s a technical symbol like degrees or pi. This idea is similar to how the semicolon is being re-used as a symbol for a group of people. Nothing is being stolen from anyone.

Tippon ,

I didn’t say that it was being used to represent anyone, or that it was being stolen, I said that it was already in use. To use your examples, I’d think that using Pi or the degree symbol to represent the fediverse would be a bad idea too, as they could also lead to confusion. The semicolon is punctuation, so there’s less chance of confusion with that.

If an astronomy group made a poster with the three stars, would the stars be representing star clusters, or advertising that they’re on the fediverse? Given that the fediverse is still relatively small, is there more chance of the stars being seen as an astronomical symbol?

jerkface ,
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

Oh my god, you’re right. How could I have failed to see the risk. They must be stopped at all costs.

variants ,

Can we use dog buttholes instead of cat buttholes

citrusface ,

no, this is lemmy.

meldrik ,

Lemmings butthole then?

lord_ryvan ,

No, Lemmy Kilmister, buttholes of course!

meldrik ,

Oh lord

FryHyde ,
meldrik ,

Diaspora already use the symbol, to some extent. diasporafoundation.org

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