10mo ago

Why do a lot of people put a ground symbol (⏚) in their username (esp on Mastodon)?

Solved: It's used by members and/or supporters of Les Soulèvements de la Terre, a French radical ecologist movement disbanded by Macron's right-wing government.

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I don't think I've ever seen that symbol in a username anywhere.
Maybe you can just ask them?
A French environmentalists organization which was disbanded for being "eco terrorists" for Conservative use the ground symbol as a logo.
- I'm not sure about the French translation, but another word for ground is Earth. As a guess, an environmentalist group is probably adapting it from that terminology.
  
  Yep that s earth in french too
- ~~Makes sense, I think most users I've seen are french speakers. Which org?~~
  Edit: nvm I found them, it's Les Soulèvements de la Terre. Thank you!
It means they are a bottom.
- Flight sim enthusiasts
Because they're grounded.
Maybe they're sponsored by ground news like every YouTube channel
- Have you ever played Raid: Shadow Legends?
I don’t know but that’s a ground symbol like you would see on an electronics schematic.
- Duh.
  
  Man I’m just getting killed for misreading stuff lately.

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