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federalreverse Mod , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

You're right but the flag is easy to read even at low resolution. Not sure that a map would make for a good small icon.

Even in all black, it's kind of hard to see at low resolutions (ignore the superimposed flag, this is just what I found on the internet):

Outline of European continent

Servais OP ,
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Thank you for your comment!

As a comparison, the way !yurop icon looks:
https://dormi.zone/pictrs/image/9c897b32-ee16-4cac-9f88-84e67c4a7fcf.png

I guess the shape of the continent is unique enough to be distinguishable

federalreverse Mod ,

This is what that looks like in Photon (e.g. at https://p.feddit.org):
https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/29e3071d-5f59-4d41-9cf6-932dbfcbe0e4.jpeg

And in the bottom bar, next to each other: https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/63743e71-eabd-4bcc-814f-c8d52c070e73.jpeg

(Granted, it's a little unfair, since Photon in particular appears to scale the icons in a dumb way.)

Servais OP ,
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Seems reasonable on desktop, people are usually not having to look at the icon so much, they just want a way to quickly identify which community it is

https://dormi.zone/pictrs/image/a5b129ce-de28-4580-b636-f24a790472c6.png

Mobile might be another story

Xylight ,
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What's dumb about the scaling? The resolution? if so, I'll fix that.

federalreverse Mod ,

Ooh, thank you! Sorry for the way I worded it. Anyway: To me, it looks weirdly pixelated, as if either:

  • It doesn't take into account high-PPI screens and scales the image file for a 96ppi screen and then the browser scales it up to display size or

  • It just takes a file with huge image resolution and the browser scales it down quickly on the fly.

You can look at my screenshots.

Xylight ,
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I'll try and fix that soon.

anzo Mod , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

What about a heart emoji? We love europe ;) and it's not taken by any other community on the fediverse that I know of :p

federalreverse Mod , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?
salsifis ,

Nice, but probably too complex… :-)

Here is one. (Not sure it would be readable as a 32x32 icon.)
Source: https://www.makeeuropenotwar.eu/de/portfolio/bleib-cool-und-mach-europa/

manucode , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?
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The EU flag is technically also the flag of the Council of Europe, of which Switzerland and Co are members. The only European countries not in the CoE are Belarus and the Vatican though Russia's membership is suspended.

Servais OP ,
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Interesting, thanks for sharing!

federalreverse Mod , in Cross post from feddit.de (lemmy.ml link)

Ugh. Conflating antisemitism and antizionism is not that helpful. Given the metacomment appears to be doing that, I am just locking this topic. First day as a mod is a blast. :/

manucode , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?
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Unrelated, but that map is a little bit funny. Eastern Latvia apparently seceded, Ireland reunited and there's a big lake between Romania and Bulgaria.

Blaster_M , in German carmaker Volkswagen to invest up to $5bn in US-based electric vehicle company Rivian to share technology

Hopefully this saves Rivian... they're a decent company

federalreverse Mod ,

Do they need saving? I thought they had Amazon's money as backing.

(Also I wonder — how will this news impact VW's new Scout brand.)

Addv4 ,

Yeah, but even then they are loosing money on every van they make for them. It's mostly R&D, but still.

lurch , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

maybe a cute kitten

calcopiritus , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

a kid's drawing of not-to-scale europe

I suggest my drawing of Europe by memory. Your favourite country might not even be in there but it's simple so you can see it as a small icon! I see no downsides.

CAVOK , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

I think the flag is fine personally. It's very clear what the community is about.

federalreverse Mod , in France bans radical groups ahead of divisive snap polls

This year, Macron has described both the far-right National Rally and left New Popular Front alliance, as equal threats to the country.

Ah yes. I've heard this line before, just not from Macron.

resetbypeer , in Microsoft Charged for Violating EU Antitrust Rules by Bundling Teams With Other Office Products

Pay the fine, decouple from office, bundle it with Edge because it depends on edge's engine and rinse and repeat.

federalreverse Mod ,

Minor issue with that: 365 generally costs money, but Edge is free. That means Teams needs to become a (pure) data-harvesting operation. Right now, its value lies in something else: It's the app that's thrown in to make sure companies don't switch to Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, Google, Facebook, Atlassian, or whatever other company can replicate any part of 365's "collaboration" software.

The value of 365 is that absolutely every functionality under the sun is in there and the suite thus competes with absolutely every vendor of corporate collaboration software. Granted, no part of 365 is very good (opinion) but it all interoperates to some degree. And the two super-apps that insert themselves into almost every interaction between 365 apps are Sharepoint and Teams.

YourPrivatHater , in France bans radical groups ahead of divisive snap polls
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Good. Less extremism allowed.

BearOfaTime ,

Only allow the extremism you agree with?

YourPrivatHater ,
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There is no extremism i agree with.

YourPrivatHater , in Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe
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EU and USA are very different regarding this.

CAVOK OP ,

Still an interesting read for those who bothered to read it.
There is also an interesting discussion to be had, because migration is very much needed into all western countries, but a growing part of the public seems to dislike it, hence the rise of the far right in both the US and the EU.

DarkThoughts , in [Meta] Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

No. The EU flag is the flag of Europe too and actually predates the EU. It was merely adapted for it too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Europe

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