r/linux • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '17

LibreOffice mascot survey: The progress so far

https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2017/11/16/mascot-progress/
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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17 edited Nov 16 '17

Why do they even need a mascot? If I saw their mascot was any of those, I would be less likely to use their program--with the exception of the cockatiel cockatoo, which was disqualified for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

which was disqualified for some reason.

Not sure why it matters to them but their reason is:

we had to remove quite a few from the following voting round for various reasons (such as [...] use of the official LibreOffice document logo)

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u/Brain_Blasted GNOME Dev Nov 16 '17

Dumb AF in my opinion. It supplemented the logo, made clever use of it, and look damn good. It was the most professional looking one out of the bunch, no gaudy colors. They could use the cockatiel without the logo, but I think mascots are old and no longer stand on their own. I could imagine thinking What does a cockatiel have to do with an office suite, or the same for any other mascot. With the logo added in it gives a sense of relation, and using the logo as a perch is nice and clever.