AI is very confused by my request and I'm not sure it actually knows what a lemming is.

nooo, the icon was one of the things that drew me to .world

i don't know whether it's original or taken from somewhere, but it's so glossy and nice

flat design has always been boring, but it's starting to become unfashionable as well

It does look a little dated but I kind of like it that way. Reminds me of "the good old days"™

You could hold an icon contest.

Flat design in my opinion would make this instance stand out less, I really enjoy the current icon, it has charm to it.

I am open for suggestions / designs.

A few communities I'm in have been going with the theme of lemmings dressed up or doing something related to the subject matter. So how do we do that for a whole world?

A world actually made out of lemmings sounds far too gross.

Edit: Maybe he's holding up the globe, Atlas-style? 🤔

Yes, I vote for a flat earth icon

Idk, I think flat design is for the big corporate entities who want to alienate the design as much as possible (windows icon became only 4 one-color rectangle for example). It's not a problem if you are different from the flat-designers. Just be creative.

Strongly agree with this observation!