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QR codes definitely have a lot of advantages over Meshtag - and they're perfect for what they do. I'm by no means suggesting this…",{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"9961412","Thanks! I think you're right, I'm going to get rid of the QR code reference in the landing page headline. Maybe just 'Hand-drawn, scannable web links'. I will then have an FAQ…",{"value":63,"source":54,"evidence":64},"Users rather than companies, for example people leaving drawn tags on walls",[65],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},{"value":67,"source":54,"evidence":68},"In-app purchases; maker says it is not a moneymaking scheme",[69],{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"9957420","As for monetization, I figured why the hell not. If somebody really wants to buy a simple meshtag that they can memorize and reuse (maybe it has their contact info), I'm not…",{"value":73,"source":54,"evidence":74},"Side project and first Android\u002FiOS app; idea of meshtags on walls",[75,76],{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":82,"objections":103,"requests":145,"questions":160,"alternatives":178},[83],{"value":84,"source":85,"evidence":86},"Clever, prettier than QR codes, fun for graffiti and scavenger hunts","commenter",[87,91,95,99],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"9956892","joeld42","This is really clever, and solves a lot of the problems with QR codes. Not just the hand-drawable-ness, these also look a lot better aesthetically.",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"9959210","wrigby","I really like this - I think it would be an awesome way for people in cities to leave ephemeral easter eggs with chalk on a brick wall, for instance. Just because a lot of folks…",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"9957501","dibbo","hey, this is wonderful. it would be great if street painters adopted this to communicate with their audience. i would love to go into a tunnels with cool street paintings and…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"9957866","pavedwalden","Damn, whole lot of hate in these comments. Chill out guys, nobody's trying to kill QR codes here. samfpetersen, you made a cool thing. Expiration of small tags is an interesting…",[104,119,134],{"value":105,"source":85,"evidence":106},"Depends on a central service; tags break if it goes down",[107,111,115],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"9956877","gbl08ma","Unfortunately, and unlike a QR code, the data is not encoded in the drawing itself, which means an Internet connection is always needed. For URL sharing the Internet connection…",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"9957031","qqueue","This is cool, though as said in the other comments, it's unfortunate that the readability of the codes are tied to the availability of the service, like a URL shortener, i.e.,…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"9957060","VT_Drew","> once the Meshtag service goes down or closes for good, all tags become impossible to read That is my concern as well. Also, what problem does meshtag solve? Why wouldn't I just…",{"value":120,"source":85,"evidence":121},"Only a URL shortener; QR codes already do this without an app",[122,126,130],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"9957957","mrb","This is nothing more than a (pointlessly!) complex URL shortener... Meshtags are exactly equivalent to the following hypothetical service which I call \"SuperNumericShortener\": 1.…",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"9957235","mFixman","This is more like an URL shortener than like a QR code.",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"9957196","LukeB_UK","I don't really get why I'd use a Meshtag over a QR code. Pretty much everyone has a QR reader already, whereas this requires people to download a new app (for no real gain on…",{"value":135,"source":85,"evidence":136},"Hard to draw accurately; recognition fails for many drawings",[137,141],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"9958624","ArekDymalski","After playing with your app for a while, I have following feedback: 1. It could be some kind of niche fun, for example in case of urban\u002Falternate\u002Faugmented reality games. 2.…",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"9957011","chncdcksn","A problem I see with this is recognition. 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