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Most young folks don't understand URLs anymore? "Find us on App Store" or "Find us on Social Media" is the new internet. QR codes that takes you directly into a
by msoad 2y ago
Most young folks don't understand URLs anymore? "Find us on App Store" or "Find us on Social Media" is the new internet. QR codes that takes you directly into a walled garden is the new web.
- judge2020 2y agoId argue that QR codes are doing pretty well at keeping bespoke URLs alive (although it pains me to see people use qrco.de or other qr code generators that automatically shorten the URL and thus could, at any point, maliciously redirect people to ads or malware instead. I don't see bitly doing this but it's unnecessary risk).
- keane 2y agoI agree, it's sad to see the QR URL redirects which may go offline and are presumably tracking when a pure option is built into the OS: https://education.apple.com/resource/250011714 https://education.apple.com/resource/250011714
- kevinmchugh 2y agoI see people using "linktree" to crosslink all their different social media accounts together and it really bums me out in a way I can't describe.
- rchaud 2y agoLinktree became the go to because social media networks only give you a single link to display on your bio.
- kevinmchugh 2y agoSure, but depending on another single point of failure - as opposed to linking to a url you actually own - is what distresses me
- NewJazz 2y agoAnd they also don't like it when that single link points to onlyfans.
- mschuster91 2y agoWho'd guess why, Onlyfans (and related) spammers are the scourge of the Internet these days.
- barkbyte 2y agoGoogle is the scourge.
- mschuster91 2y agoI don't see OF spammers blasting Google with spam, but I see tons of OF (and other porn) spam on Twitter and Reddit.
- oldandboring 2y agoSeeing the proliferation of Linktree makes me feel bad for the folks like about.me who had this idea years and years ago and never caught fire.
- Andrex 2y agoLinktree seems like the natural evolution of About.me.
- SoftTalker 2y agoRember AOL keywords? Most people never understood URLs.