Linkedin Horrors (Academic Logo)

[Rocky Style]

My Linkedin education section is now showing the new academic logo.  Now I have a cartoon bull.  Anyone else experiencing this?

[NewEnglandBull]

36 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

My Linkedin education section is now showing the new academic logo.  Now I have a cartoon bull.  Anyone else experiencing this?

Yes...sign the petition 

[Rocky Style]

Where is that?  The fail is now spreading to my accounts.

[NewEnglandBull]

14 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

Where is that?  The fail is now spreading to my accounts.

It’s all over social media. 

[BrassBulls12]

Not sure if this is the one you are talking about, but here is a link 

https://www.change.org/p/judy-genshaft-keep-the-old-usf-logo

Edited October 21, 2018 by BrassBulls12

[NewEnglandBull]

3 minutes ago, BrassBulls12 said:

Not sure if this is the one you are talking about, but here is a link 

https://www.change.org/p/judy-genshaft-keep-the-old-usf-logo

Yep, that’s it. Judy will probably use it to outline her bird cage though. 

[psteazy]

originally what activated me to pushback, as i use linkedin as a valuable networking platform in tech. not an intelligent application of rebrand at all, unfair to force this into personal professional space of your alumni with no opportunity for feedback.

why tap an obscure icon of athletic mascot to represent your institution? at least give us the new usf logo for context. universities with globally recognizable mascots have their traditional seal or aca logo on linkedin. whole situation makes my headspin. just another boneheaded gaff from usf marketing. embarrassing

[Roaming Bull]

Mods please create a “social media and networking” space and move this thread. We need all the space we can get to discuss football issues, UCiF, and who needs to be fired this week. Thank you

 

[BulledOver]

2 hours ago, BrassBulls12 said:

Not sure if this is the one you are talking about, but here is a link 

https://www.change.org/p/judy-genshaft-keep-the-old-usf-logo

Re: the bulls in the USF fountain( cool bulls). If they wanted something different for the world of academics why not fashion something after one of the bulls(fountain) already a recognizable symbol  to the USF community rather than the cartoon bull? Could this possibly be directly related to the company hired that has no connection to USF other than a contract? Makes no sense. It's like they tried to detach themselves from the athletics side of the university. 

[psteazy]

1 minute ago, BulledOver said:

It's like they tried to detach themselves from the athletics side of the university. 

by most people's assessment, the opposite would be true, as USF now features the athletic mascot front and center for academic signage, apparently. you don't see texas with a longhorn, or florida with a gator, or alabama with an elephant?