I got distracted from my work so I made some Continuwuity propaganda. Continuwuity is a lightweights Matrix chat server that you can self-host pretty easily. Give it a try :3

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I was very excited when I started seeing QR codes gaining popularity. That excitement was quickly shattered when everyone just started using them improperly and they just made everything more annoying 😮‍💨

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    What exactly is “improper use”?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Putting simple things behind a qrwall. I once went to a presentation and they had that qr code to scan to get the certificate, and I went there without my phone, so I got no certificate (I needed it for academic bureaucracy). restaurants with qr-only menus also come to mind. Oh, I also saw once a school with the timetables mural with just qrs and nothing else written, so if new students didn't have a phone AND mobile internet, they couldn't find by themselves where and when their classes took place

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Lots of people use Lemmy via mobile. How am I supposed to scan a QR code?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] -8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Print it out and scan it. Use a barcode reader. Use another mobile. Upload it to a barcode decoder website.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Or I could just scroll past it and not give them the time of day because they were too lazy to post a link, you know, the primary method for navigating the internet for decades now. Why the need to overly complicate things?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments