EDIT: We’re going to attempt to organize a larger logo and spread the word further around various Fediverse services. I get that a lot of y’all are opposed to visiting over there. I’m pissed too, which is why I spent a lot of my day helping write “Fuck Spez.” I don’t think we’re going to contribute to Reddit’s revenue much, and I think at the very least sending a VERY public message that the Fediverse is here is a good thing.
I really feel like it needs to be slightly higher res. Even as somebody who has seen the Fediverse logo hundreds of times by now, it's barely recognizable.
I fully support this action, having been a cheerleader for it in a previous thread. For those saying this is driving traffic to Reddit, I'd like to repeat the counterpoint that:
I agree with you in principle, but speaking from strictly a strategic perspective, /r/place presents a vulnerability that can be exploited without contributing what Reddit really needs to regain its status - content.
In the context of a social media war, this means we can use the space to peel off users who wouldn't have been introduced to the Fediverse otherwise, with no risk of harming ourselves or providing Reddit more than a temporary moment of attention. There's been a concerted effort to remove links to Fediverse resources in many subs, and for a great deal of redditors, they're in the dark about what the Fediverse represents and how much better it is than Reddit.
Plus it's just cool to fuck with Spez, and the Fediverse is so cool in general that I'd love to see what the effect would be if we united against a common enemy.
I can guarantee you that there is not a single person who would look at this symbol and know that it is the federverse symbol, the let alone whatever the hell a Lemmy is without having already known exactly those things.
This is a vanity project, nothing more nothing less.
Rainbow pixels won’t convince anyone to switch over at this point, man. Bad engagement is still engagement to Spez, hence the continued presence of ‘fuck u/spez’ all over the canvas. If he genuinely cared, he would have ordered the admins to brush over everything with skittles like they already did with the Snoo guillotine.
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