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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 03:22:35 JST FediTips has moved!

   If you've wondered what the rainbow pentagon thing is on here, it's the Fediverse logo :fediverse:

   It's a public domain design, you can use it for any purpose, there's a high quality copy at:

   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_logo_proposal.svg

   Technically there can never be an official logo as there's no central authority on the Fediverse, but this is by far the most widely used symbol of this place.

   It represents all the different kinds of servers that make up this shared network. (More info: https://fedi.tips/what-other-kinds-of-servers-are-on-the-fediverse/)

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     RaymondPierreL3 (raymondpierrel3@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:05:58 JST RaymondPierreL3

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     @feditips looks a lot like the Chinese 5 elements theory diagram, some 2,000 years + old, to me…

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:05:58 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • RaymondPierreL3

     @RaymondPierreL3

     Gosh, you're right:

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)

     Maybe that was some kind of inspiration for the designer?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:29:58 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • synlogic

     @synlogic

     I think love between consenting adults is very wholesome ❤️

     I know this may be a challenging concept for some people depending on their background and upbringing, but the reality of it is usually much more reassuring and friendly than the sensationalist/misleading images used in certain conservative parts of the media.

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     synlogic (synlogic@toot.io)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:29:59 JST synlogic

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     @feditips rainbow theme has been ruined unfortunately. when I was kid it was just a pretty and innocent thing. maybe meant hope or dreams. but in recent years its been adopted to mean certain very specific sexual and political things. which are not as wholesome or as easy to accept for everybody, let alone SFW

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     • MinameH💠

     @Miname

     No one does, that's why there will never be an "official" one.

     But :fediverse: is probably the closest we will get to an official one as it is so widely used.

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     MinameH💠 (miname@det.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:33:19 JST MinameH💠

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     @feditips The image name says proposal... who decides anyway?

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     • MinameH💠

     @Miname

     To be clear, I just mean :fediverse: is the most commonly used symbol, so it's the one people are most likely to have questions about.

     If you want to use a different symbol, or no symbol at all, the beauty of the Fediverse is that you can do so. There's no one giving branding instructions or controlling trademarks or anything.

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     MinameH💠 (miname@det.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 10:52:36 JST MinameH💠

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     @feditips again this "closest"... if there can't be one, there shouldn't even be the :fediverse:. Even the icon is called fediverse. It's not fair to all other artist who would like to "propose" a fediverse logo. The second is, that this logo clearly looks like satanism symbol and therefore can be a reason why some could avoid using the fediverse.

     But again: If there can't be an official symbol it's totally unfair that one claims \:fediverse\: as icon name.