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Are we starting to see how slightly #heretical sacrifice #symbology (pop culture) is not a good icon for #Fediverse?

We are quite certain that if there was a better Fediverse icon, 25 times more people would have 'clicked that link'.

Please see variants #smashingStars and #BeAStar.

BOTH CAN BE IMPROVED — we'd do it if we could.

Need to put a #Fediverse icon on your website?

Here's one:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Fediverse_Icon_%282021_BeAStar_variant%29_colour.png/600px-Fediverse_Icon_%282021_BeAStar_variant%29_colour.png

Recommended background: #162D50
Recommended gradient background: above colour blended to #21447A at a point far away below to the right of wherever the icon is situated.

More on the way (1/2)

#BeAStar #FediverseIcon #icon #graphicDesign

@nestort @humanetech @tallship @drq @pfefferle @person @eylul @PaulaToThePeople
Horray!

The Fediverse icon we call #BeAStar is (finally) downloadable from Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_Icon_(2021_-BeAStar_variant).svg

We are still unsure how to add the image to the Fediverse category page at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fediverse

#FediverseIcon #FediDesign #FediArt #stickers #dontFightTheFedi

Half the time we get a timeout, the other half #WikimediaDotOrg says:

"Error

"Our servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical problem. Please try again in a few minutes.

"See the error message at the bottom of this page for more information

"Request from xxxxx Error: 502, Server Hangup at xxxxx

Why #ServerHangup?!

We'll continue to try #Wikimedia.

#Fediverse #BeAStar #askFedi

FYI this latest version of the #BeAStar #Fediverse icon shows people they should install the #font Ubuntu if it is not installed.

Access it via I2P at:
http://sharefile.i2p/file/a0/a07d58c275edc45b9ea5e298b5c9745a0b2cc4ef18904af75ed09e7c80f81773/Fediverse_BeAStar.svg

If you like the design please upload the svg in full to #wikimediaDotOrg. Or create a login and send it to us. (We are strict Tor users and impeded from signing up)

Thanks and hope you like it.

#FediverseIcon

Here's the #SVG of the #Fediverse Icon we've produced:
https://upload.disroot.org/r/3W1JYjWF#9UppqRFU1t9bqklnQJ/7CyxAIfO6Yk7u0LV/Xs50vEw=

We call this design the "#BeAStar" design.
- contains an F for Fediverse
- star tilted upwards
- not fully connected nodes
- colours blue pink and shades of purple between *wink*
- forward-looking eye + pane
- easy to #draw
- #stickers
- size variants
- multiple treatments

#FediverseIcon

SHA256:
a3ce680774614097f21edd9636222f5c6a18c67b6b97d14d9945d7e6bc9f4145

Latest and last #FediverseIcon design for now, because we love it.

Many will probably like the use of the pentostar motif. There's an 'F'. An upward tilt. Nodes not fully connected. Do you see the #forwardLooking eye? Despite not completing the #star it has an unexpected #BeAStar vibe.

Treatment p1:
https://upload.disroot.org/r/6K8FBmRJ#jvQvew/IJwwXuLT1J0ibeKNrQXFy3PGTs7EZxZtH4No=

Treatment p2…(1/2)

@nestort @humanetech @tallship @drq @pfefferle @person @eylul