A manifesto for ⁂ as a symbol for the fediversehttps://symbol.fediverse.info/
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol I think it would be a good idea to show some recommended uses of the icon. How would you show that I can Fediverse-like an image on a Web page? How to show that I can join a group? Follow an author? In a list of links to my various profiles, which ones are Fediverse enabled?
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol finally, I understand the motivation of wanting to show the topology of the Fediverse - a network with nodes and edges.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol but what if instead of trying to make a teeny weeny abstract diagram of the Fediverse, the focus were more personal -- about making a connection between two people, no matter where they are and what social networking service they use?
"Follow me on any network."
"Follow me wherever you get your socials."
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
(www.anildash.com)
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol what symbol would you use for that? Would it still be the asterism?
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol I think the strongest point of this symbol is that it looks like a special asterisk, and we're used to seeing those at the ends of words to show that there's something more about them.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol I think my colleague @tomcoates probably will have some good suggestions.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@FediverseSymbol Nobody puts an @ on a web page to show what to click to send email. They put an envelope ️.
The other thing they do is put an email address, like "[email protected]". People recognize that format as a way to reach someone by email.
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@nclm @FediverseSymbol @liaizon @raphael you're welcome. I hope it's helpful.
@chrismessina may also have some ideas.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Fediverse Symbol ⁂ last edited by
@FediverseSymbol @prz and what would you do about it being so disconnected? Fedi is VERY interconnected and the current logo shows *both* diversity and interconnectivity just fine...
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Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻replied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
Hi @evan, @FediverseSymbol,
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Feed-icon.svg still nails it, doesn't it? -
Evan Prodromoureplied to Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻 last edited by [email protected]
@mro @FediverseSymbol as a symbol of one-way follows, yes.
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Fediverse Symbol ⁂replied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan In an ideal world, ⁂ would be after every item in this list, so maybe useless in the end. Until that time, ⁂ can help to make following choices.
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Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻replied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
Dear @evan, @FediverseSymbol,
what other follows are there? However it doesn't have to stop there. A mutual follow is 2 one-way follows. Feedback is what comes after or on-top follow. At first there is the notification which I never have seen other than being one-way.However feed subscriptions were anonymous and therefore e.g. not easily blockable.
Btw. https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/ allowed for expiring subscriptions. That would solve the mastodon account deletion avalanche issue. Imagine 3-monthly (automatically) renewing follows. We should do the math what that means for the amount of maintenance messages. The burden of maintaining a subscription would be on the subscriber side rather than the publisher which IMO would be a good thing.
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@Evan Prodromou
Who are you, though?
They are obvious true fedi enthusiasts how care and work for what they believe in. -
@chris are they? How do you know?
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻 last edited by
@mro @FediverseSymbol the feed icon represents only one part of social interactions.
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@Evan Prodromou we should be thankful for the well thought initiative...
if you care and have a visual sense too than it is kind of obvious that that what we call the Fediverse is badly in need of an good working iconography.
The nice pentagram does NOT work in every situation and at any scale ... and in black and withe it does also not do a good job...
so we need ideas and thoughts like ⁂ -
@chris so, if someone comes up with a good idea, we should listen to them? I agree.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Yes but when you do the icon smaller or use black and white colors the logo :fediverse: doesn't work well, but with this new proposition ⁂ that doesn't happen you can use of this way when you use it small but when it's bigger you can use various colors: https://bcn.fedi.cat/notice/AbanPjCk9jA2xHv9EG