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What does the icon 🦄 stand for on dev.to?

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rhymes • Edited

Everyone kinda has a different take on that :D

I like this one though I don't always follow this rule:

I have my own explanation and reasoning for the icons.

For me the ❤ icon means I love the article, the topic it discusses or just the way the information is presented. It is close to my ❤ as some of the aforementioned properties of that particular article has a special place in my ❤.

The 🦄 on the other hand, as 🦄s definitely are; is something unique, special - something you don't see every day. It may be something totally new, something I was supposed to know for ages but didn't, something that made my day or just saved my job. Simply priceless sighting of an 🦄.

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Ian

Yeh I never really found out but treated it as what a unicorn is. Rare 😊. So yeh. Like is oh yeh that's cool. Unicorn. Oh dang that's 🔥

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Yeah. Don't really know when to click that icon . And what it means. Lol

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Best explanation so far

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Ben Calder

Looks like a unicorn to me. Mythological animal innit.

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Ok...

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Steven Rieger

How can we use those icons? Can you find all content you’ve marked as a magical unicorn?

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You probably can. But I never seen a need to do that. If I like a good post I marked it with <3. If I find an interesting one, I'll bookmark it. What is the use case for a magical unicorn?