Something I haven't seen mentioned is an alternative to /r/BuyItForLife - I'm often looking for honest thoughts and reviews of products from real people, but it feels silly to pop into !chat and ask what bike pump or jean brand or whatever people recommend.

Thank you for the kind words! I agree, I said in another comment but this is all "bee" and no "haw" in a way I figured wouldn't quite fit the feeling of the site. My design practice is unfortunately so "commercial" that it's hard to get my preconceived notions of icon design out of my head. Balancing approachability and character is tough! If I do another round, I'm gonna somehow get a cowboy hat in there haha

Love this feedback, thank you! It's a really interesting exercise, trying to make something that isn't professional - I've worked so long in our modern "clean and simple" landscape that it's tough to remember when I was younger, and things were more wholesome, simple, and authentic. I agree, for a site that is by definition "alternative," these logos are a bit too corporate looking. Glad you like the theme though!

It think tweaking the specific shade of yellow to get better contrast is a good suggestion, I just lifted the shade from the community icons and ran with it haha. And I agree, this is very much a "bee" icon and not a "haw" one - you joke, but finding a way to incorporate a cowboy hat seems like a great idea to me!

Gasp, I've been found out!

It's one thing to test a new idea or a UX tweak or similar on a small portion of users - but just turning off a key way to access your service is so just so weird to me. How many of Reddit's decisions at this point are some version of, "hey, how angry do they get? What can we get away with?"

I'm a NYC native, and I am always struck by the accessibility of cultures we have to offer. Any time I discover a new cuisine or dish I haven't tried, I'm basically guaranteed to find it in this city. There are lots of things I hate about NYC, but I love that we've got so much of the world to offer, with a transit system that can get you there.

What's the Picasso quote? Great artists steal? :P This is a good suggestion, I'll definitely try it out! I've long used #f7f7f7 for white and #1a1a1a for black, but breaking that dogma here could be valuable

Can't steal what is freely given! Hope you enjoy

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Awesome! Happy to have provided a semi-decent place to start. I'm curious what things you end up tweaking :)

You're too kind :) I think themes are a great way to differentiate instances, and having some community-made Beehaw themes available would be really cool!

Thank you!

Hey there! If you're still interested in trying it, I just released a theme based on this post!

I appreciate the kind words Chris!

This is one of those albums I come back to every couple months just to get lost in it. So much anger and wrath that resolves to so much relief and self-empowerment, there aren't many albums like it. I think it's the best of her trilogy of widely-released albums, but God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It and His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering are also absolutely stellar.

Thank you! I played with lemmy.ml a bit since that's been updated, and it looks like ~80% of what I did should still work. But it does reveal the issues with making these client-side changes

Appreciate it! I think a stretch-goal for the future could be a "muted colors" toggle, to tone things down a little while keeping the rest of the changes

I tried, but it's either beyond the scope of CSS edits, or simply beyond my abilities haha. Maybe proper themes installed to the instance could make that possible though!

Oh wow, /r/AskBibleScholars (and /r/AcademicBiblical) were instrumental to me years ago when I began to lose my faith, and helped me arrive to the much healthier place I am now. I had no idea the same person was, in part, responsible for Beehaw. Hopefully we can bring some of those communities here in due time - they do too much good to be lost.

Thank you, Chris. I am so thankful that you're here right now, and it's a pleasure to be here with you.

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I just released a theme based on this post if you'd like to try it!

If you'd still like to try the dark theme, I just released a theme based on this post! Would love to hear your feedback :)