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A symbol for the fediverse ⁂ (symbol.fediverse.info)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.

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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.

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@ 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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My guess is because it's unicode. But that doesn't really matter. How often are you going to want to put the icon instead of just typing the fediverse

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

eg as a link where using a word 300 times on the same page would be cumbersome

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Fedi"

Already more than 50% shorter.

In comparison, asterism symbol (and any proposal that further extends into Unicode's emoji area) still spends three, maybe four bytes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I... umm... yes, I will grant that in UTF-8 and perhaps UTF-16, it encodes to fewer bytes. But that doesn't have anything to do with my point.