⁂ 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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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Stealing an icon already designated for something else? As is tradition

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's literally a character, like aitch.

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I'm pretty sure we're cool to use it. The advantage of using a glyph that already exists in Unicode is huge.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you one of the three proposers mentioned in the git repository?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

No I'm just so very bored and this is the classic bikeshed issue so I figure I won't cause any problems here.

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