Dear people who have recently discovered QR codes,

QR codes can be very useful. They are particularly useful when they are printed out and stuck around the place. Or even on a slide on a presentation so people can access the info on their personal device.

QR codes are NOT useful on a social media post or a website that people access on their own device because if you are looking at it on your phone you cannot scan it with your phone. Just post the bloody link!

@urbanfoxe I don't know how often I've had to explain that to people. 🤦

@psneeze @urbanfoxe One of the few good things that Google has done recently is to make it very easy to visually search for anything on your screen*, including QR codes.

* Anything on your screen that is not in a streaming video app which does not allow screenshots because streaming platforms want to keep you from easily talking about their programs for some stupid reason.

@mikemccaffrey @psneeze but it still doesn't take you to where it points unless they add the link to the image.
@urbanfoxe @mikemccaffrey @psneeze With Google Lens or Google's Circle to Search, it actually does! Probably not a good idea to assume everyone has access to or knows to use them, though.
@mitchellmebane @mikemccaffrey @psneeze I'd assume Lens would just take you to a place to buy qr code makers 😀