top | item 45639320 (no title) stevehawk | 4 months ago anyone know why these photos have random paperclip/clippy icons? discuss order hn newest dmbche|4 months ago Not sure but first thought was part of the right to repair movement having adopted clippy as a mascot/logo (louis rossman) echelon|4 months ago They use clippy, not paperclips.Specifically the cartoon stock art clippy from the original video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQNotice how almost all the comments on that video bear the clippy icon. It's spreading everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, Instagram ... load replies (2) slicktux|4 months ago Probably OPs’ version of watermark..? Archonical|4 months ago Watermarks usually have branding to indicate ownership. Two distinct 3D paperclip overlays don't seem like watermarks and JonNYC doesn't use them in all photos he's posted on his thread on Bluesky.They don't even seem to serve as visual cues. stephen_g|4 months ago If it's not an unusual watermark, perhaps it's to confuse AI classifiers? randomtoast|4 months ago It could be a size reference.
dmbche|4 months ago Not sure but first thought was part of the right to repair movement having adopted clippy as a mascot/logo (louis rossman) echelon|4 months ago They use clippy, not paperclips.Specifically the cartoon stock art clippy from the original video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQNotice how almost all the comments on that video bear the clippy icon. It's spreading everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, Instagram ... load replies (2)
echelon|4 months ago They use clippy, not paperclips.Specifically the cartoon stock art clippy from the original video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQNotice how almost all the comments on that video bear the clippy icon. It's spreading everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, Instagram ... load replies (2)
slicktux|4 months ago Probably OPs’ version of watermark..? Archonical|4 months ago Watermarks usually have branding to indicate ownership. Two distinct 3D paperclip overlays don't seem like watermarks and JonNYC doesn't use them in all photos he's posted on his thread on Bluesky.They don't even seem to serve as visual cues.
Archonical|4 months ago Watermarks usually have branding to indicate ownership. Two distinct 3D paperclip overlays don't seem like watermarks and JonNYC doesn't use them in all photos he's posted on his thread on Bluesky.They don't even seem to serve as visual cues.
dmbche|4 months ago
echelon|4 months ago
Specifically the cartoon stock art clippy from the original video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ
Notice how almost all the comments on that video bear the clippy icon. It's spreading everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, Instagram ...
slicktux|4 months ago
Archonical|4 months ago
They don't even seem to serve as visual cues.
stephen_g|4 months ago
randomtoast|4 months ago