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   Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (fediversesymbol@typo.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 00:35:25 JST Fediverse Symbol ⁂

   It might be a good time to (re)introduce ⁂ a possible symbol for our fediverse. Learn more here https://symbol.fediverse.info/

   #fediverse #fedimeta

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     Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (fediversesymbol@typo.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:38:24 JST Fediverse Symbol ⁂

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     If you’re interested in our proposal, let’s chat about it! You can use the ⁂ symbol on your webpages and accounts, make badges and buttons, suggest changes for our webpage, make new translations of it, share your favourite ⁂ designs from interesting fonts, etc. Have fun with it!

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     Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (fediversesymbol@typo.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:38:25 JST Fediverse Symbol ⁂

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     • Dr. Quadragon ❌
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     We know at least two previous symbols:

     The pentagram icon is the original one, created back in 2018 by @drq and @eudaimon. It’s a great depiction of the decentralised nature of the fediverse! But its design is too complex to be used at small sizes, as you would in text or in a button, and it’s an image.

     The other icon was made by Meta in 2024. It incorrectly depicts a centralised network. We also don’t believe that this corporation should be the one defining the iconography of the fediverse.

     Joachim repeated this.
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     Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (fediversesymbol@typo.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:38:26 JST Fediverse Symbol ⁂

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     ⁂ exists as Unicode U+2042. As a typographical character, not an icon that needs to be inserted as an image, it’s unique-looking but standardised. This means it’s very easy to copy-paste around and insert anywhere! Its design style also automatically adapts to the font used where you insert it.

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     Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (fediversesymbol@typo.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:38:27 JST Fediverse Symbol ⁂

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     Thanks to the interconnected nature of the fediverse, it usually doesn’t matter if someone is a member of one platform or another. What matters is that they can follow each other as part of the fediverse. A single symbol to represent that belonging can often be more relevant than individual icons for each service.

     ⁂ could be the symbol for the fediverse.

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     Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (fediversesymbol@typo.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:38:28 JST Fediverse Symbol ⁂

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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.