atamariya ยท 2022-10-07 15:36
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https://preview.redd.it/05sl96mnkes91.png?width=762&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6881e941a476286d064040cc288530b4ecba1be
What would be a good symbol to use for reblog/retweet/share option? Looking for suggestions - preferably a unicode symbol.
i-barf ยท 2022-10-07 15:41
๐?
atamariya ยท 2022-10-07 15:54
Ideally it should have bi state like the heart symbol in the pic.
dotwhacked ยท 2022-10-07 17:49
some ideas if emojis are ok (base / active):
- โช ๐ circle / spiral
- ๐ ๐ fallen leaf / fluttering leaf
- โ๏ธ ๐จ cloud / dashing wind
- โฐ โฟ loop / double loop
- ๐ฃ ๐ฅ hatching chick / chick
- ๐ ๐ speaker / speaker high volume
- โญ ๐ star / glowing star, or ๐ซ dizzy
- ๐ท ๐ tulip / bouquet
jsled ยท 2022-10-07 18:27
Sorry, but these are all horrible suggestions.
What is the user supposed to understand from seeing a circle, cloud, star or tulip? How does that afford to them the idea of "reshare this content to my followers"?
gwern ยท 2022-10-07 18:35
I'm not familiar with Emacs's styling support, but you could invert the color, change the fill color, mirror it, surround it with an outline, make it a point larger, use any 'bold' variant a font provides, set it to low contrast opacity initially and then full contrast on taking the action (what Twitter does)...
MechoLupan ยท 2022-10-07 20:07
You'll find something here โ https://unicode-table.com/en/sets/arrow-symbols/
deaddyfreddy ยท 2022-10-07 23:01
๐/๐
dotwhacked ยท 2022-10-09 08:05
well, I can't say I disagree. I thought it was a tough problem so I looked for things that might look like pairs of states. Sometimes other people will see something you don't, so first stir the pot. Retwee/reblog is such an abstract concept, even the most obvious symbol that comes to mind (the double arrow icon) only works for people who already know what it means.
aeggydev ยท 2022-10-13 21:08
it makes me sad that it cant be simpler to do this type of stuff in emacs