Allow us to introduce you to Mike, our potential mascot. He made his debut last year at #FOSDEM, but never made an appearance since. What do you think, should we embrace him into our family? Let us know in the poll!
#mascot #branding #OpenSourceDesign
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AntennaPod
in reply to AntennaPod • • •So, what do you think of Mike (see linked toot)? Should he become our mascot? * (We're asking for your input because we love him, but aren't sure if he would well represent the quality app that we aim to provide.)
#community #vote
* We might or might not follow the outcome of this poll.
- Yes, definitely! (25%, 144 votes)
- Yes, but only on social media etc (not in the app) (41%, 233 votes)
- Meh / Nah / Nope (33%, 191 votes)
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Mehrad
in reply to AntennaPod • • •I like the logo much more than this mascot. Also, the logo on his shirt is pretty small and a bit deviating from the logo design. It looks more like a compass than an A, mostly because of those extra pixels on the left side of the A:
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AntennaPod
in reply to Mehrad • • •Ah, important to note: Mike would be a _mascot_, complementing our branding where fun & appropriate. It will for sure not replace our logo.
Mehrad
in reply to AntennaPod • • •AntennaPod
in reply to Mehrad • • •If/When we adopt Mike as a mascot, we can certainly take that feedback on board. We see what you mean with the compass.
Thanks for voting!
Kurt
in reply to AntennaPod • • •@Mehrad i liked the old logo more. It was more related to the RSS logo. And now the Antenna or "A" looks more like a compass.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_o…
Couldn't mike have a RSS feed logo somewhere? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F…
national flag
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Jak2k 🦀🐧🇪🇺
in reply to AntennaPod • • •Olaf Kock
in reply to AntennaPod • • •"It seems you want to subscribe to a podcast..."
AntennaPod
in reply to Olaf Kock • • •Olaf Kock
in reply to AntennaPod • • •for one day of the year though... I see potential for an April fools easteregg. Probably only to use on long-term users, to not frighten new ones right away.
"It seems you want to play a podcast..."
"It seems you'd like to refresh your feeds..."
"It seems you want to stop playing this episode.. "
"It looks like you want to skip this episode..."
Klaus Stein
in reply to AntennaPod • • •Am I?
in reply to AntennaPod • • •(no shade on the workmanship tho, it looks really solid)
AJCxZ0
in reply to AntennaPod • • •The gift of sound and vision.
#LuxoJr #Pixar
🦄MurX🦄
in reply to AntennaPod • • •Sloth
in reply to AntennaPod • • •i for one welcome the rise of Clippycore as an aesthetic
"I see you're trying to listen to some podcasts. Would you like some help with that?"
craige
in reply to AntennaPod • • •I get a really strong "Clippy" vibe from it.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office…
intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)o ifrit
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Unknown parent • • •We thought about that, but Mike sounds the same, is clearer for non-native English speakers, and it's an actual name!
stephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸
in reply to AntennaPod • • •ndo
in reply to AntennaPod • • •AntennaPod
in reply to ndo • • •And then the question is: is that a good or a bad thing? 😉
#clippy #nostalgia
ndo
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in reply to AntennaPod • • •André-LA 🎀 gamedev
in reply to AntennaPod • • •I also thought about Clippy, I'm indifferent about this, but I don't know if it's a bad thing legally speaking.
That's just because of the eyes though.
stfn
in reply to AntennaPod • • •Stefan Haslinger
in reply to AntennaPod • • •AntennaPod
in reply to Stefan Haslinger • • •Nope, there isn't yet. We've definitely been thinking about it, but hadn't had much merch to sell yet. Maybe if Mike makes it!
Gorobar
in reply to AntennaPod • • •the principle of mascots doesn't really work for me and Mike reminds me too much of Clippy to really like him.
But if it helps the advertising, that's great.
Just please leave it out of the app. It's nice and tidy - any ballast and playful design would be detrimental imho.
AntennaPod
in reply to Gorobar • • •Oven on an empty screen, say, when you entered a search key and there are no results?
Gorobar
in reply to AntennaPod • • •Mike
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in reply to AntennaPod • • •Best regards!
Jonas
in reply to AntennaPod • • •Sebastian "spaetz" Spaeth
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in reply to AntennaPod • • •tham
in reply to AntennaPod • • •It immediately reminded me of Cl***y, even before I read any comment. That is, not really good memories.
As long as it comes hidden behind a content warning, I guess I can live with it.
I don't mean to be harsh or devaluate the work done here, so I'll try to be more specific. The combo metallic-object-that-sit-on-a-desktop with eyeballs-that-stare-at-you-all-day under those exageratingly-friendly-eyebrowns, it reminds me of office work, management, and surveillance.
Hannah C. Rosenblatt
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