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What is the point of "social media" icon sets like Simple Icons (http://simpleicons.org/ http://simpleicons.org/), when in real life these companies have very s
by ville 14y ago
What is the point of "social media" icon sets like Simple Icons (http://simpleicons.org/ http://simpleicons.org/), when in real life these companies have very strict brand guidelines you must follow, if you use their brand in your product?
For example, if you're using Ebay API and want to show an Ebay logo, you can't use the one on the icon set (their corporate logo), but you must use an uglier one that says "right now on Ebay", without modifications. Facebook says "Do not use trademarks, logos, or other content that is confusingly similar to the Brand Assets."[1]. Yelp: "Don't alter our logo, graphics, or any of the other information from the API."[2]
So I guess my point is, when you're using some third party API and want to or need to show attribution, going for something that looks almost like the official logo instead of using the original assets doesn't really work.
[0]: https://www.x.com/developers/ebay/programs-events/developer-marketing-handbook/logos-intro https://www.x.com/developers/ebay/programs-events/developer-...
[1]: https://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/logos.php https://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/logos.php
[2]: http://www.yelp.com/developers/getting_started/display_requirements http://www.yelp.com/developers/getting_started/display_requi...
- kmfrk 14y agoThere's also such a thing as personal use ... I use plenty of custom icons for my Windows 8 shortcut tiles for one[1]. Pretty sure the companies won't mind, if it means I'll visit their site more often from my own computer. [1]: Speaking of which, it's really annoying that I haven't found one for Hacker News.
- GhotiFish 14y agohere you go: https://news.ycombinator.com/y18.gif https://news.ycombinator.com/y18.gif OK that's a bit facetious, but simple icons has one for Hacker News. It's unbelievably unsurprising. edit: well that was silly.