Profile Card and Shared Connections

(#1047) Feature Planned profiles

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Comment by @coldreindeer
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @coldreindeer on GitHub 5 replies
Do you guys genuinely find it difficult to just use the add friend button then type in their username? Ie; for me it'd be coldreindeer#---- (Just trying to understand your perspective)
Comment by @steveman1123
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @steveman1123 on GitHub
That works great if you know their name, but not the other way around. In my case, I created an account, my friend didn't have one yet, and I wanted to make sure they had a reason to use the it right off the bat (ie add me asap). An invite link that adds the sender as a friend right away would be cool too
Comment by @coldreindeer
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @coldreindeer on GitHub
If you don't know your own username you can tap on your profile pic and it brings up your bio which has your name#--- in it.
Comment by @AryaSahay193
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @AryaSahay193 on GitHub OP
It's just a handy thing to have, Stoat has it so I thought maybe Fluxer could add something like it too. What if they're not on Fluxer or what if I don't know their username, they could just send me their username but if they had to send it to many people having a profile card could be handy so people can scan the QR code to add them perhaps. It's mainly for convenience, not everyone will use it but it will be a nice feature to have if possible.
Comment by @coldreindeer
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @coldreindeer on GitHub
Problem with qr codes is people can use them for nefarious purposes. At least with a link you can hover on it etc and can check properly if its safe or if it's leading somewhere dodgy.
Comment by @coldreindeer
RexSystem 1 vote originally by @coldreindeer on GitHub
The only problem I can think of is people making a fake embed of a profile card with qr codes on them with redirect links or smth.