Here's my final idea for a Kbin mascot, I call it the "Kbird" (K = Kakatuá), since someone shared a Fediverse flag resembling a pirate flag I thought a bird mascot would fit.

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No offense, but what is wrong with the current icon? The purple folder looks great.

A mascot is not necessarily an alternative to an icon - they can coexist. A few people just like having a mascot for software projects, similar to the lemming of Lemmy or the Reddit alien. :)

Think O’Reily book covers. There’s always some associated animal with a particular tech stack

A folder isn't "fun." Like, reddit has the Snoo alien or whatever, and they went the extra mile of letting users represent themselves with custom Snoo avatars made up of preset parts like a character creator. It's fun, and having a mascot here would be fun too.

Reddit does have that.. and it was implemented in like.. Reddit's 10th year of operation. It's not a priority.

Looks a bit microsofty to me, tbh. Like it's another app in the office suite.

/u/fixedfun 's parrot is more lighthearted. Like the snapchat ghost or twitter bird.

Apparently there's a kbin app in development. Don't feel the folder thing is a good fit for an app tile tbh.

Yeah, but the kbin app already has a logo, it looks like a little bow and arrows. Or maybe the bow is a moon? It has arrows. I find the various elements questionably sized in relation to each other, but aside from that I like it.

Though tbh, if it somehow didn't, I'd be happy with the folder symbol. I think where logos are concerned, likely I just really like simple designs and dislike animals

I believe the Artemis logo is a play off the NASA space program. It looks like a spaceship going out into space or a similar theme.

I couldnt put my finger on it, but "Microsofty" really clicked. I feel like Ive seen the Kbin logo as a folder icon in linux icon packs.

Dont get me wrong, Its not a bad logo imo. But if I have to be nitpicky, I'd like something more unique such as this bird.

As others have said… a mascot.

But, what would be great in my opinion would be the current folder icon shape stylized like a birds wings.

E.g. flying free amongst the various places of the fediverse

.....Oh. We may reach common ground here. I think I like that.

Only downside is the propensity for people to equate it with that trash pigeon meme since they're both purple birds. Am I discounted for having liked the trash pigeon meme?

Adama is right, I mean a mascot not an app icon, I just put it in an app background, just because. Lemmy has the mouse I think is a mouse, Reddit the Snoo, Kbin could have the Kbird.

Not sure about others, but I feel that the bird would be better for bringing in new users who made not be as tech inclined versus the folder. The name "kbin" already has some tech connotations to begin with. For the average user, thinking of a bird when they see the app would probably be better versus the windows file explorer or some MS office/development app. The folder icon doesn't have to be trashed though, as stated, they can coexist.