these icons were lovingly crafted by @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org, who posted them a couple of days ago over in Creative. we took notice of them and obviously--because they're our community icons now--really, really liked them.

thanks to his generosity in working things out with us, we're pleased to announce we can use his icons under a Creative Commons license for the site! until further notice they'll be our site icons, with credit to him on our sidebars. we'll also be adding attribution to the community sidebars over the rest of day as time permits.

we're also pleased to report that, thanks to your generosity, we've been able to reasonably compensate him for all 33 of the icons he's made for the community! the agreed to rate is $5 per icon, for a total of $165 that's been paid out to him as of today. this expense has been reflected on our Open Collective. (we've also agreed to, as possible, commission him for any future community icons until further notice, which will be subject to that same rate.)

hopefully you enjoy the new icons, and please thank UrLogicFails for the work here! thanks for using the site again folks!

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[–] marin 88 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think this is the first time that I saw someone's voluntary art work compensated after being implemented in a community. The transparency is surreal and very admirable. Thank you for compensating artists and valuing the art that @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org made c:

[–] Gaywallet 47 points 2 years ago

Said this in a private chat, but I'll repeat it here for transparency

While we can't guarantee anything with regards to donations, I will always vote to pay artists even if it meant we had to go begging for donos to help run the site later

[–] JediMimeTricks 24 points 2 years ago

Agreed! The icons are great, and the open compensation and transparency is lovely as well.

[–] kevin 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love the new icons, it's much easier for me to immediately identify which communities are beehaw vs not-beehaw in jerboa.

[–] Gaywallet 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, a distinct theme will help remind people from other instances to beehave when they participate on ours 😄

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[–] pushka 14 points 2 years ago

Yes! Love seeing where home is at a glance~ they're beautiful ! 💕

[–] alottachairs 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Noticed them immediately! I love yellow accents on things, and fits right into the bee theme being a hexagon (bestagon) and all.

[–] bear_delune 18 points 2 years ago

I see you're a person of taste

[–] mifuyne 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congrats, @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org!

The transparency of expenses really helps bolster trust and it's awesome we're compensating an artist for their work! Gives a little bit of hope.

[–] Domiku 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agreed! I know many would contribute for free to help the server, but art is so chronically underpaid.

[–] mifuyne 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the amount of times we hear people trying to get out of paying the artist or designer...it really put me off trying to freelance as an artist (not to mention the anxiety making art brought me lately...)

[–] loops 13 points 2 years ago

yOu'Re GeTtiNg eXpOsUrE FrOm Us

[–] UrLogicFails 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Thank you @alyaza@beehaw.org and the rest of the Beehaw admin team. You all have been so welcoming (not just to me, but to everyone), and I look forward to working with you more in the future!

[–] spcies 10 points 2 years ago

I love the icons! Congrats! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for future new communities.

[–] marco 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Love the style!

Now how do we integrate a hive into the iconography?!? ;)

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[–] araquen 29 points 2 years ago

The icons are gorgeous, and I like the idea that Beehaw basically has “branding” on their communities. This proves a visual clue to folks new to a fediverse where a particular community is coming from. It would be nice if more servers did similar.

I wonder if at a future point, folks who signed up on Beehaw as their “home server” could get a yellow hexagon frame for their avatar. It would help visually unite and convey the idea of the user and their local environment while reinforcing the idea of what a fediverse does.

[–] SenatorBumCuckets 27 points 2 years ago

This post right here has convinced me that Beehaw is something special. It makes me so happy to see the community respected in this way

[–] Powderhorn 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Love the icon set, really love that @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org gets more than just credit.

[–] loopy 10 points 2 years ago

I love the honeycomb shape and the designs are super clean. Thanks again @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org

[–] kneekon 25 points 2 years ago

These icons are a great way to identify the local Beehaw communities.

[–] myk 21 points 2 years ago

They look great! They really tie the room together.

[–] RomanceDailies 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love the icons and I am fully behind making sure the artist is paid. Win win! :)

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[–] Jables 21 points 2 years ago

chef's kiss on the new icons. I love the honeycomb design, it's super easily recognizable.

[–] z2k_ 15 points 2 years ago

Loving the new icons, it really adds to the beehaw community!

[–] Kuroneko 15 points 2 years ago

The icons look great. Thanks for doing such an amazing job, UrLogicFails!

[–] Kwakigra 15 points 2 years ago

When I made my contribution I was only thinking about the technical side, but I am pleased to see that I'm now also a patron of the arts. This is a great development and makes me look forward to what's in store as this project develops. Thanks for thinking bigger.

[–] LolaCat 13 points 2 years ago

I really like the new icons, really keeps with the whole bee theme!

[–] RiseAndShine 13 points 2 years ago

Looks great!

[–] ffmike 13 points 2 years ago

Love the new icons, and love love the fact that Beehaw is treating the creator right. That makes this site's team better than AMPTP!

[–] mtvjr 12 points 2 years ago

They look amazing! I much prefer how they fit the layout than the old icons.

[–] Helix 12 points 2 years ago

they look lovely :)

[–] sjolsen 12 points 2 years ago

excellent

[–] mrchildyeeter 12 points 2 years ago

I really like them more . Great job guys

[–] Jxn 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Thanks so much for being here and taking reddit refugees in. Already feels like a warm place. :)

QUESTIONS:

Is there a way to filter out content I don't want to see on the front page? I'm already seeing Trump news, for example.
I have subscribed to some cool communities. It would be great to have posts from those communities served up as my main view. I can't figure out how to get those to be what I'm seeing by default. Any tips on customizing my experience?

Thanks again!!

[–] Lionir 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

For question 1: I don't think that's a feature unfortunately.

For question 2: The main screen has three views : Subscribed (All your subscriptions) / Local (All Beehaw communities) / All (All of the stuff on Lemmy)

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[–] Snaggen 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The new icons look really good, but unfortunately they are not really fulfilling their full purpose. The purpose of an icon is primarily to make it easier to distinguish between different communities in this case. The most noticeable features of these icons are the outer shape and the colour scheme, this makes it easy to distinguish between Beehaw communities and non Beehaw communities (so far so good). But it almost makes it harder to separate between the different Beehaw communities, since that information only resides within the inner symbol of the icon and that is far less prominent than the color and the outer shape. Unfortunately, we tend to think things with symmetry looks better, which makes a good looking icon theme and a usable icon theme a bit orthogonal.

So, while I really like the look of the icons (and how they tie in to the Bee theme of the site), I'm not a fan of the usability aspect of them.

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[–] realChem 11 points 2 years ago

I love them, they're beeutiful! 🐝

[–] jlarex 11 points 2 years ago

Love the new icons and I really love that the artist was compensated for his work.

[–] lixus98 10 points 2 years ago

I like the consistency! good job admins and @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org!

[–] Xandolas 10 points 2 years ago

they look great!

[–] loops 10 points 2 years ago

Bees!

[–] Bluejay 10 points 2 years ago

Oh man you guys are the best

[–] Whimseymimple 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

These are so perfect for the group, @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org!

[–] emerald 10 points 2 years ago

They look great! 🐝

[–] squid010 9 points 2 years ago

This is great - they really distinguish themselves well from other communities.

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