• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I’m personally torn on it, because I want people to find the fediverse, but I also hate intrusive watermarks, so I landed on the middle ground of making it transparent and subtle.

    I might just drop it altogether if it bothers people that much.

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s great if users add it themselves, wouldn’t want it if the servers added it automatically:)

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t notice anything until you mentioned something. I don’t think it’s intrusive. I always appreciate your posts/memes (even on the other communities). Keep doing you!

    • Nelots@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      My problem with your watermark is it’s basically worthless to anyone who doesn’t already know what Lemmy is. Unless I’ve somehow missed it, nowhere on the watermark does it actually mention Lemmy. A logo by itself is completely worthless if you’re not well known. You really ought to add ‘join-lemmy.org’ in there under the logo imo, which would make it infinitely more useful.

      • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        Agreed. Maybe it’s time to learn how to make a png so I can add some text to the mascot image. Otherwise it means adding the text manually, matching the alignment, and matching the transparency each time, which would be a pain.

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          1 year ago

          It’s very easy to do once you know what you’re doing. This took me like 2 minutes to throw together. I gave the text a background and everything so it should be easily visible no matter the picture’s background color.

          spoiler

    • LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Watermark does a lot for spreading websites. iFunny and 9Gag should not have had the staying power they had in the ages they did, they were pretty much entirely propped up by their watermarks. Unintrusive stuff like transparent logos with a link are cool. As long as the purpose of the watermark is for the image to actually be shared rather than lock it into the site, it’s effective.

      • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        Yep, definitely done with the purpose of people finding Lemmy and getting off of corporate social media. I wouldn’t do it for any site that’s just running a business, but for the fediverse it feels different.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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      1 year ago

      I like it. It’s present but not intrusive or obstructing the image, and it spreads awareness of Lemmy and the fediverse.

      • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        That’s my thinking too. It takes like 2 seconds to add, so I’ve been hiding the little transparent Lemmy in any memes that I make or have to heavily edit.