We are teaming up with the design agency @oakstudios to update our homepage and our brand. Goodbye social media blue, hello vibrant purple!
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/06/mastodon-branding-updates/
@goat @Mastodon @oakstudios why not?????
@lmtr0 @goat @Mastodon @oakstudios It's a fucking brand now?
@n8chz @lmtr0 @goat @Mastodon @oakstudios Anything with a name that is meant to be recognizable is a brand
@gargron @lmtr0 @goat @Mastodon @oakstudios Yikes it not only has a brand it has a CEO. There truly is no such thing as an alternative anything.
@Gargron @mastodonchonk @n8chz @lmtr0 @Mastodon @oakstudios i also like purple
@Mastodon As a lover of purple, I approve.
@Mastodon Also, I may or may not be biased because of my instance's purple theme.
@Mastodon @oakstudios Honesyly purple seems like a better theme than blue. Plus I like that shade.
@Mastodon but... Why?
@Evv1L @Mastodon @oakstudios In the link
@Gargron @Evv1L @Mastodon @oakstudios
Reminds me Yahoo!'s "start wearing purple" campaign:
https://youtu.be/cGNmQJNOgAQ
@Mastodon @oakstudios
I love purple.💜
@Callalily
You *may* enjoy this fediverse icon too, then. Its purple *and* has purpose.
https://activism.openworlds.info/@dsfgs/108520112273838815
Feel free to scroll thread for isolated (and other) versions
@Mastodon @oakstudios As a newly old person change ENRAGES ME!!!! Im going strait to the city council meeting with this. Your in for it now buddy!
@Mastodon Feels discordy
@Mastodon @oakstudios Super freaks, no Illuminati
@Mastodon @oakstudios so basically blurple
@Mastodon @oakstudios You have my permission to make this change.
@oakstudios @Mastodon I’m fine with this.
@Mastodon @oakstudios Chuck Fontaine died for this?
@Mastodon @oakstudios okay jetzt also nicht mehr Twitter blau sondern dafür Discord lila wie originell.
@Mastodon @oakstudios Personally I would use a bit less saturation, but it's good enough for me. And purple!
@Mastodon @oakstudios Would also great btw if users could pick their own preset color for the web-ui.
@Mastodon @oakstudios the lack of contrast on top of the mastodon doesn't look great
@easrng @Mastodon @oakstudios I agree, the icon hardly visible now over that shade of gray, couldn't it be darker, at least in that case?
@alphachill @easrng @oakstudios We've just put the new logo into the old design of the blog for now. None of the redesign work is complete yet.
@Mastodon @easrng @oakstudios Good to hear, users will voice their opinions. 
@Mastodon @oakstudios Goes well with my Sandstorm.io server. Purple is the new blue.
@Mastodon @oakstudios Hooray for less Sexually Insecure Blue in the world!
@Mastodon @oakstudios why is everything purple these days? I like the colour, but it’s so…samey. Everyone just wants to be Stripe it seems.
@Mastodon @oakstudios looks nice
@Mastodon @oakstudios Why was this necessary?
Is this why so many terms that were endearing to Mastodon -- like Toot! -- are going so generic?
Y'all going for an IPO next?
@spicytamazon @Mastodon @oakstudios Mastodon is a non-profit organization
@Gargron @Mastodon @oakstudios Be careful to avoid Discord "blurple" during the makeover.
@Gargron @spicytamazon @Mastodon @oakstudios Yall should be charging to read some of these "criticisms" tbh. Although I do regret "toots" being changed. its still toot on my client tho, so Im happy! Also the purple looks great
@Mastodon@mastodon.social @oakstudios@mastodon.social So...a shitty rip-off Discord Logo. Went from ripping off one shit-tier social platform to another. I'd expect nothing less.
Love the purple 
Saw this over on mastodon.online, all the blues replaced with purples.
It is now quite hard to see whether a post is boosted on my laptop's screen.
The old blue was much easier to distinguish.
It doesn't matter what colour the logo is, but please keep the interface colours useable with better contrast.
@feditips @Mastodon @oakstudios I agree that contrast is very very important, because it heightens accessibility. Although for me it sort of works; could there be a difference between light mode and dark mode? (I use light.)
@Lucseleventje @Mastodon @oakstudios
I use dark, the background colour is too similar to the new blue/purple.
Guessing a lot depends on the monitor/laptop model too.
@feditips@mstdn.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social @oakstudios@mastodon.social this shade of purple gives me a headache after a while, it's hard to read.
@feditips @Mastodon @oakstudios can this not be customized, perhaps?
There is a high contrast theme option but I'm guessing most people won't know about it?
However, just heard from @Gargron that they've fixed the contrast issue in the upcoming update 🥳
@feditips @Mastodon @oakstudios If you're talking about the web app, I fixed the contrast in the main branch, but mastodon.online/mastodon.social are not updated to that version yet.
@Gargron @Mastodon @oakstudios
Oh ok, that's fantastic! Thank you! 🙏
El nuevo mastodon vendrá de inflarse en la fabrica de Wllly Wonka 👏 espero que no sea la única novedad xP
@oakstudios
@Mastodon @oakstudios it's fucking purple now????