Universal Social Icon
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- set0
- Lolzfalcadia
- But probably the best one yet.falcadia
- ex qbnr? now i'm curious.sea_sea
- too shy to come back on an internet messageboard?pinkfloyd
- curious...renderedred
- Tell skuttlebut to come back alreadymoldero
- 2 cups 1 stringbklyndroobeki
- neh, it's a link, if anythingWeyland
- Ben992
- yeah, but needs more dung.docpoz
- We know it, but I think it'd be a massive stretch to say everyone knows it.Nathan_Adams
- You're totally missing the point. This is a share icon, to share a specific page or content. We're talking about a generic social media icon...set
- This opens up a list of platforms you can share the content on. Im talking about an icon that opens up a list of platforms you can view their profile on.set
- Two very different things. One already has an icon, the one you posted, the other doesn't...set
- BabySnakes-2
- Collaboration is key!BabySnakes
- I like it, but it also looks like an argument that lefty has lost : )MrT
- Ass to ass?cannonball1978
- reverse cowgirllambsy
- jatrick0
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu…
Social media is the people's media, rise up and share a video etc.
- jatrick0
- jesus christjatrick
- no one's gunna make me not-green at this ratejatrick
- lol will you be our next fouty?pango
- ;)Continuity
- The second coming?BabySnakes
- continuity knows i'm certifiablejatrick
- I like the cut of your jib.Continuity
- monoboy0
Why on earth would you need to use one?
If you insist, how about this...
https://thenounproject.com/term/…- sometimes you just don't want to contaminate your designs with fb, twitter or instagram, a well recognized symbol instead would make sense.uan
- Don't contaminate them at all.monoboy
- Astonishing the amount of half wits incapable of understanding the conceptset
- Though to be fair I wasn't exactly the most eloquent in my original postset
- The point i was making. Putting social media icons in the header of your website just encourages visitors to leave? No point.monoboy
- You clearly don't work in the industry.set
- 15 years my friend. 12 Awards. Show me yours.monoboy
- Lol. Brands shouldn't link to their social media profiles? What a fuckwit...set
- "Header'.you fuckwit.monoboy
- Who said anything about only ever needing said icon to use in the header? What an astonishing chuffnut.set
- Sense, you make none of it...set
- Often there's not enough room to display all the icons of all the platforms without a dropdown or popup, so there needs to be a universal social icon..set
- What part of that are you failing to understand?set
- I only call you a fuckwit in jest and I mean no offence old bean, but I really don't understand your input in this thread...set
- Tell you what, I'll just let you get back to making an icon nobody will understand.monoboy
- You could say that about any icon ever made, before it became recognised. Please be in your way, and consider your opinion void.set
- You mentioned 'in the header' in your original post.monoboy
- i_monk0
What does "social" mean if not "share"? I can't think of a leading social media site/service that isn't just a proprietary way of sharing links, photos, opinions, or whatever.
- The act of sharing a specific peice of content and the act of being taken to a social media profile page are two totally different things....set
- Then it isn't "social" the icon needs to convey, it's "profile".i_monk
- Deep. Of course it's social. Social media profile. The pointless resistance and half wittery in this thread is astoundingset
- So what exactly would differ b/w a generic "profile" icon and a generic "social media profile" icon?
And don't be a dick.i_monk
- hans_glib1
no i think what he means is an icon to represent all the social channels for that website/company, rather than a sharing thing.
Acme Widgets has a website, and they also have a twitter, a g+, facebook, pinterest, ello, etc etc. Rather than have a ton of icons, set's looking for an icon that says "click here for all our other channels'.
if i understand it right.
which i probably don't.
- realistically though most of these companies post the same shit across all channels, so i'm not sure how important this ishans_glib
- You got it. And you're right with the note but some people only use one platform, like myself (twitter) so it's totally necessary to offer all platformsset
- Often there's not enough room to display all the icons of all the platforms without a dropdown or popup, so there needs to be a universal social icon..set
- set0
Apologies if I wasn't clear enough..
The act of sharing a specific peice of content and the act of being taken to a social media profile page are two totally different things.
'Share this content and click here to choose your social platform to share it on' already has a universal icon.
'Click here to choose your social platform to follow us on' does not have a universal icon.
- apology denied.doesnotexist
- I'm just trying to be a normal human. I don't feel sorry and I know I was perfectly clear you're all just thick cunts.set
- Somebody needs a hug.monoboy
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- Good effort. ;)monospaced
- It took some doing =Dset
- MrT2
Further to my highly cynical post, this is a thread full of designers so why don't we create one? There's clearly not a go-to answer for it...
- I think that's what is going on.monospaced
- Sorry, I just looked at the pictures!MrT
- monoboy0
A few points on social media follow buttons...
- Utter tripeset
- If I'm on the site of a brand I like the look of, I want to follow them on twitter so I can keep a tab on them. If I can't find the twitter link anywhere....set
- I won't follow them and would consequently soon forget about the brand. That article is nonsensical chuff.set
- I'm guessing you have a fax number on your business card.monoboy
- Like the article said, you can encourage social media interaction within your content.monoboy
- Thanks for coming in today thoughset
- Nothing worse than being forced to use some shitty embedded option. Users are intelligent enough to come back to the website of they do desire.set
- If they so desire*set
- Your mentality is to force users into doing something they don't want to. Not cool...set
- Again, you misinterpret. But I'm done now. Bored.monoboy
- I thought you were done yesterday lol. Little divaset
- Thanks for coming inset
- mrpt0
What about using the hashtag/number/pound sign?
1) Most of the major social networking sites use the hashtag.
2) One could argue, a secondary goal of a social network is increasing your numbers; be it followers, likes, shares, etc. there’s an implied association with the number sign.
3) Can’t think of a third reason.
- iCanHazQBN0
Can you explain why this is needed?
It's an icon for social media profiles, not sharing, I get that.
We have icons for all the social media sites. Are you suggesting one clickable icon that takes you to another page that lists all the company's social media sites? Isn't that kind of tedious? Isn't it just faster to have the 3-4 social media icons all together?
I'm not sure what function it would serve.
- A 'Share this' style icon and function for a 'Follow me'. Either as a slide out/popup on rollover. Both are pointless.monoboy
- I've explained probably five times now. If you still don't get it there's no hope for you.set
- No hope for me. Hear that, guys? No hope.iCanHazQBN
- Frosty_spl0
We always have all of our icons, or just the few icons in a specific campaign.
I agree with ^^ So you would click the general social icon, it would have a roll over with all of the social properties? Too many steps.
- Only in the instance when there's no practical room for all of them. What's so hard to understand?set