I'm personally torn on it, because I want people to find the fediverse, but I also hate intrusive watermarks, so I landed on the middle ground of making it transparent and subtle.

I might just drop it altogether if it bothers people that much.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago

I think it's great if users add it themselves, wouldn't want it if the servers added it automatically:)

[–] Awa@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't notice anything until you mentioned something. I don't think it's intrusive. I always appreciate your posts/memes (even on the other communities). Keep doing you!

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, and glad you're enjoying them!

[–] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Watermark does a lot for spreading websites. iFunny and 9Gag should not have had the staying power they had in the ages they did, they were pretty much entirely propped up by their watermarks. Unintrusive stuff like transparent logos with a link are cool. As long as the purpose of the watermark is for the image to actually be shared rather than lock it into the site, it's effective.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yep, definitely done with the purpose of people finding Lemmy and getting off of corporate social media. I wouldn't do it for any site that's just running a business, but for the fediverse it feels different.

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My problem with your watermark is it's basically worthless to anyone who doesn't already know what Lemmy is. Unless I've somehow missed it, nowhere on the watermark does it actually mention Lemmy. A logo by itself is completely worthless if you're not well known. You really ought to add 'join-lemmy.org' in there under the logo imo, which would make it infinitely more useful.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agreed. Maybe it's time to learn how to make a png so I can add some text to the mascot image. Otherwise it means adding the text manually, matching the alignment, and matching the transparency each time, which would be a pain.

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's very easy to do once you know what you're doing. This took me like 2 minutes to throw together. I gave the text a background and everything so it should be easily visible no matter the picture's background color.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You rock! Thanks!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like it. It's present but not intrusive or obstructing the image, and it spreads awareness of Lemmy and the fediverse.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's my thinking too. It takes like 2 seconds to add, so I've been hiding the little transparent Lemmy in any memes that I make or have to heavily edit.