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Re:VCard and RSS as an alternative to social media by illwrks on Saturday March 23, 2024 @06:55AM (#39798945)
I did this for some people in my wider team when they were going to events.

Most generated qrcodes (from a URL) will work fine, but LinkedIn is strange as their direct link will open a web browser and not always kick open their app on a persons phone. (The issue mostly seemed to be older versions of iOS that created headaches).

If you’re doing this for LinkedIn, instead open the app on your phone, find your QR code for your profile, screenshot the QR code their app generates, then crop it and use it as you need.

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Re:VCard and RSS as an alternative to social media by jillesvangurp on Saturday March 23, 2024 @07:06AM (#39799010)
IOS link handling might not be that great on older versions. Probably if you decode that QR code they might be using some custom link scheme that they register for their app. That's still a valid approach but should not be needed with modern phones as you can just register your website urls to be handled by the app.
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