Comment on A symbol for the fediverse ⁂

• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why do we need to have a unicode character that refers to the fediverse?

  Are we trying to replace our alphabetical language with a language of ideograms?

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  • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can you answer, “Why do we need a symbol that represents the Fediverse?” Because modulo that, your question becomes, “Why does the symbol that represents the Fediverse have to have a Unicode codepoint?”

    We don’t need it to be a Unicode character, but there are obvious advantages if it is that don’t even bear discussion.

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If they can’t be articulated, I lose respect for those reasons

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      • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s nonsense.

        If you know what those reasons are, then whether or not they have been articulated should not influence how you feel about those reasons. To think I could control your mind by not saying things. Just think of all the things I am not saying right now. You’ll go mad.

        If you DON’T know what those reasons are, then you are simply not able to respect them less than you do now.

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