Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes?

Posted by ry0ohki on Thursday March 17, 2011 @09:17PM
from the you-decide dept.

At SXSW, QR codes were everywhere. On buses, backpacks, business cards, t-shirts, you name it. But I've never once scanned one, or seen someone scanning one. Maybe it's because I have an iPhone? It seems Droid people are a little more comfortable with them but I wanted to pool the HN community to see if I should start using them in my marketing.

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Poll

Every time I see one 4 votes

Sometimes 3 votes

Not very often 6 votes

Never 28 votes

Re:Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes? by cpenner461 on Thursday March 17, 2011 @09:42PM (#2338948)

The few times I've scanned one it has seemed like too big of a hassle for a pretty minor ROI.

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Re:Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes? by Stevenup7002 on Thursday March 17, 2011 @09:40PM (#2338942)

The way they're used now, I think QR codes are really just a gimmick. They're probably useful in some rare situations, but for me, I could easily live without them.

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Re:Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes? by atgm on Friday March 18, 2011 @03:22AM (#2339684)

I scan them sometimes; they're all over the place here in Japan and it's easy to scan them on my phone.

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Re:Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes? by kasperset on Thursday March 17, 2011 @10:20PM (#2339041)

Very low as compared to clicking links.

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Re:Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes? by raniskeet on Thursday March 17, 2011 @09:27PM (#2338922)

Never

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Re:Poll: How often do you scan QR Codes? by kiriappeee on Thursday March 17, 2011 @09:46PM (#2338959)

Everytime I see one! I think they are fantastic and misunderstood and under utilized. Social network information storage is one of the best use cases.

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