I'm no artist, but I thought Kbin could use a mascot. Shall we all create one together? (media.kbin.social)

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[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

So I just stumbled upon one of ernest's comments about it. Yes, the polish instance is a play on words referencing a rifle. however it seems the original "kbin" name actually stems from unix's "sbin".

I guess in the end it ends up being a double reference?

[-] Grimlo9ic@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

however it seems the original "kbin" name actually stems from unix's "sbin".

Oh so THAT'S why it's stylized as "/kbin" on kbin.pub. And why the logo kinda looks like a folder. Interesting!

[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

yup that seems to be it. mystery solved

[-] Boabab@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

seems the original "kbin" name actually stems from unix's "sbin".

That makes a lot of sense! I really like that reference and how the logo is stylized as a forward slash

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