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@maikel@vmst.io @adbenitez@mastodon.social ​There's a few ways of generating abstract patterns from hashes; would that give a way of adding something visually distinctive without requiring user effort or giving away any identifiable info?

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[@maikel@vmst.io](https://vmst.io/users/maikel) [@adbenitez@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/users/adbenitez) ​There's a few ways of generating abstract patterns from hashes; would that give a way of adding something visually distinctive without requiring user effort or giving away any identifiable info?