Fandom marketing rebrand!

Fandom actually rebranded way more than last time! The last time it did an upgrade of its MediaWiki service called "UCP", then it did an aesthetic upgrade called "FandomDesktop" (which is almost complete btw), and now it's getting another aesthetic upgrade; a rebrand of its logo, slogan, and theme colors (the colors, in particular, differentiating heavily)!

Below are images of the new taskbar.

From left to right: Sidebar when you signed off, light sidebar, and dark sidebar (logged in only!)

The reason why there's a yellow one is that Fandom wants to be more noticed as a company when an unsigned user looks at a wiki page. It's also why it changed its color palette from green, blue, and white, to yellow, crimson, white, and dark purple. The log-off one is... iffy. It certainly works for its intended purpose, but it's weird-looking. It's especially weird-looking when in Oasis, so I'm glad it's getting removed next week.

The logo changed drastically, technically, but personally, changing the blue and white thing that barely looks like a heart to a burning heart is way more clear and I personally like it. It does look like a video game logo, like a fusion of the Undertale and Curse logos.

I think the warm colors represent Fandom way more, even if my favorite colors are cool colors.

My wiki by default (dark mode)

Light mode (yes I know the slideshow is trash)

I'm lucky my wiki doesn't look godawful, however the Fandom logo and the Rinko logo do fight for attention, especially in light mode.

Not gonna lie, it kind of feels like whiplash changing both the logo and colors so quickly. Most people knew about FandomDesktop but probably only a portion of them knew about the logo and color rebrand (and that portion might've just been FANDOM higher ups), and I get forcing the logo change onto us, it's for business, but it still feels weird getting something so significant without a warning.

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