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).
RexSystem1 voteoriginally by @coldreindeer on GitHub
Pretty sure discord by default has DMs open to anyone sending you messages unless you change a server you are in to be DMs off or you disable DMs entirely. There's no only accept DMs from friends option. Best case scenario is you see a button with any amount of dm requests you can click on, and if you ignore them you see the app indicator with the number of DMs. Not really a big deal but a social page link anyone can view maybe should get like an only view page if you have a 2FA enabled account? If discord had this idea implemented, probably like 70% of people who use discord would be flooded with spam or would be quickly either deleting the app or googling how to prevent it happening. Of course you can disable DMs entirely or per server but if you disabled every server and had DMs open and this profile card was on discord you'd be forced to disable DMs excluding people on your friends list ig.
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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 @coldreindeer