These are my takes on alternate Sync logos for Lemmy (I made that rat from a while ago)

The logo for Sync is so tied to Reddit for me personally, that it was hard to think of ways to translate it to Lemmy (or the Fediverse overall).

Orange and Blue are signature colours for Reddit, but Lemmy doesnt necessarily have a colour scheme. Nor should it. that’s up to the instance operators to choose, making their community unique.

I also like the general Fediverse pentagon logo, but it can look quite busy…

I did what I could. I’m an average designer at best ¯_(ツ)_/¯

  • Steve@compuverse.uk
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    1 year ago

    The current version with reversed colors, is all that’s needed. I wouldn’t change it beyond that.

    • Metal Zealot @lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I thought that too, that makes the most sense honestly.

      I just thought it’d be fun to fiddle with the logo

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Either this or the green and orange one in my opinion. No separations, no pentagrams is my vote.

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    1 year ago

    I like the middle Fediverse logo. The bottom right one is a little swastika-y.

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      1 year ago

      I’m happy to know it’s not just me. Everything else was fine (non-sync user, grain of salt), but I feel breaking up the lines breaks up the middle image in a way that’s more confusing to read, and the bottom right is a bit uncomfortable.

    • shizomou@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Just wanna add that I didn’t see it as swastika until it I read the comments. I still don’t.

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    1 year ago

    Why not just keep the original one? There’s no reason for people to keep the Reddit app installed anymore

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    1 year ago

    The best is still the original, but with colors swapped. AKA, the current logo

    • TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Same.
      Either just swapped color and the same shape. (Middle left)
      Or those bit distinct triangles remind me the ears of the lemmy logo. (Middle middle)

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    1 year ago

    Middle middle. Simple and elegant. The fediverse looks great but might be a pain. If it isn’t, I say bottom right.

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    1 year ago

    Middle left, if it’s to similar with just the color change then go middle right. Middle right has a clean simple look and good symmetry.

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      1 year ago

      Bottom right is cool in a vacuum, but there’s like… a shade of swastika to it? I dunno, maybe that’s just extremely online of me, but I’d be a little hesitant on it for that reason as compared to middle bottom.

      The one that strikes my fancy the most is middle right., maybe just because it reminds me a little bit of Strava. Maybe the Fediverse colors could be applied to that one in some way, maybe teal and blue on top, red and orange on bottom, and purple as a fill? Or blue and purple on top with teal as a fill. In my head that looks cool, but in practice it might look like total ass. Worth trying anyway imo.

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    1 year ago

    Middle is cleanest, the separation of the top right and bottom left elements makes it very readable.

    • Metal Zealot @lemmy.worldOP
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      It’s also more obvious that it’s constructed from the arrows of the original logo, compared to the middle bottom one that’s more overlapping/intertwining.

      It was either focus on the arrow motif or Fediverse symbolism.

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    1 year ago

    These look really great. Well done on iterating while still keeping the “sync feel”. I think the default logo should stay the reversed colours of the sync for Reddit logo but I would love to see some of these as alternate icons!

    Only little note is that the bottom left should have 1 more purple leg (the one going straight up should be purple).

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      Re: your note, your change would make it the same as the middle. I think it’s meant to show overlap with the green being the first layer.

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        1 year ago

        I’m really not sure how I missed that. I’ll leave my original comment as is but you’re definitely right.