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Re:Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta by benatkin on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:17PM (#17990583)
It's similar to //e which is how Apple IIe was stylized. If it's not going to be a trademark issue, it seems like a clever branding hack to me. Anyone who grew up in the 80s & early 90s or earlier might be subtly influenced by it.

I think /e/ cute and that plenty of brands have succeeded despite being unrecognizable and unsearchable.

The meaningful symbol seems related to AirBnb and their bélo [1], which I think was largely successful.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMITXMrrVQU

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Re:Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta by kirubakaran on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:22PM (#17990622)
IIRC It was stylized IIe and //c
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Re:Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta by moron4hire on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:40PM (#17990748)
I thought the ASCII art version was ][e
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Re:Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta by WillPostForFood on Friday September 14, 2018 @06:08PM (#17991435)
The 2 and 2+ were ][

http://i2.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/uplo...

and the 2e was //

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/173244543923_/APPLE-...

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