⁂ 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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[–] dudenas@lemmy.ml 64 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Isn't there one already widely adopted? The rainbow mesh pentagon? Why rebranding?

[–] kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

is said in webpage: the pentagram symbol is hard to distinguish at smaller typographicl sizes

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm reading this thread on mobile, and the fediverse logo next to the community name is much easier to see than the three stars. If I didn't already know what the three stars were from the rest of the post, I wouldn't have a clue what they were supposed to be in the body. They look like a blurry capital A.

Obviously the fediverse logo is bigger there, which helps, but it's not significantly bigger, and would still be clearer at a smaller size

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I recommend the asterism to instead be adopted as the symbol for astigmatism.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

I like it! 😁

[–] variants@possumpat.io 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't typograh so small

[–] kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 3 months ago

1 thats not how typography works

2 im not webpage authour what u wan me to do about it moew?

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