RexSystem1 voteoriginally by @CritteRo on GitHub1 reply
I think a simple throw-away profile card with a QR code is the wrong approach for an app that people will use as their social media app (text chat, voice chat, forums, etc etc), but the problem is real.
Instead I would propose a full Profile Page, with direct link (think fluxer.app/profile/@username.discriminator) that can be linked and be public facing.
The page should work the same as the existing profile card (Add to Friends, Message, mutual servers, etc etc), but in a page form with URL, instead of a modal.
Having it as a page will allow you to share the link directly, instead of remembering / having to copy the username. This would also allow you to share your profile as a button on other websites (and even verify the link on social media sites like Mastodon).
Long-story-short, we should allow users to treat their Fluxer profiles as an entry point to the app, not just as an ID that other users might need to search first.
So if, let's say, I am a random guy on the internet, and I want other people to reach out to me on Fluxer, I should be able to share a URL directly to my profile, from where people can add me as friends / send DMs, instead of sharing a URL to a community, where others will have to search me in the members list (if they even have access), or worse I have to share just a username#discriminator and tell people to open Fluxer and search for my account themselves (do they have Fluxer? Have they used the search feature before?).
If we have a dedicated profile page, I think it would be easier for others to reach out / find us (the actual user), and not us (a simple member of a community).
And as I said in the initial message as well, having a dedicated profile page will open other possibilities in the future (like verifying your Fluxer account on the social media sites, the same way you verify your bluesky link on your Fluxer profile now), or feature communities that we like/own on our pages.
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Comment by @CritteRo
fluxer.app/profile/@username.discriminator) that can be linked and be public facing. The page should work the same as the existing profile card (Add to Friends, Message, mutual servers, etc etc), but in a page form with URL, instead of a modal. Having it as a page will allow you to share the link directly, instead of remembering / having to copy the username. This would also allow you to share your profile as a button on other websites (and even verify the link on social media sites like Mastodon).Comment by @CritteRo
username#discriminatorand tell people to open Fluxer and search for my account themselves (do they have Fluxer? Have they used the search feature before?). If we have a dedicated profile page, I think it would be easier for others to reach out / find us (the actual user), and not us (a simple member of a community). And as I said in the initial message as well, having a dedicated profile page will open other possibilities in the future (like verifying your Fluxer account on the social media sites, the same way you verify your bluesky link on your Fluxer profile now), or feature communities that we like/own on our pages.