I suppose it saves small events from needing to have a scanner.
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are two types of people in the world. Those who hate QR codes, and those who don't know what they are.
Or rather, people who grossly misuse them, and people who realize there is a time and place.
In their original use case (inventory management at Toyota in the early 1990s) they made sense, for ticketing they are hit or miss. I personally dislike them even though we use them a lot. I thought they were overhyped about 4-5 years ago.
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#33How does the organizer/door attendant mark the patron as attended? Is this done on the user's personal cell phone, or is there another device at the door?
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#34I clicked the link because I thought it was an app that would give someone a ticket every time they took a selfie. Like a parking ticket. Selfie ticket.
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#35I don't want to be this guy, but how come this can a good idea in post-snowden world? Obviously you don't want your face associated with a political events or ideology events. But also and more surprisingly to tech events, specially crypto, physics and nuclear stuff. Some people get denied US tourist visa based only on that.
Aren't most tickets already associated with your name and credit card number anyway? Is adding your face tot he mix a serious problem?
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#36It's probably just me, but it took me so long after visiting the site to figure out what they actually DO. Wording like, "BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO Share Your Passion" and "IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA" is vague and gives me no idea of what the product or service was.
I saw something about selfie tickets but had no idea what that meant. Do you take a selfie on your phone and then it's part of an e-ticket? Do they print tickets with your face on it? Is there a web backend? What does the mobile app do, specifically? I feel like there's not enough to-the-point descriptive copy.
I navigated back to the homepage and kind of got a better idea of what was going on:
"Create an event page and start selling tickets in minutes."
Okay, makes sense.
"Run event-day like a pro with a full mobile box office"
What's a mobile box office? Is it an app that lets me scan tickets with QR codes? Is there communication between mobile devices to validate tickets using NFC or something?
Please take this as constructive criticism. Good luck with your product! :)
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#37This is cool in terms of self-expression and making the ticket more personal, and props for trying something new and building this in the first place, but does it actually solve a problem? I agree that the hassle / un-naturalness of scanning everyone in for smaller, more casual events is a problem, but I'm not sure if this solves that problem. Unless an organizer makes this mandatory for all attendees, it's more than…
You're right that this won't be adopted by 100% of attendees overnight, but we try to nudge them in that direction in the UI (make it default over the barcode ticket, etc.). Even still, If 20% of your line gets through extra fast, it still makes a difference. And in a few months if that goes to 30%, 50%, then that's something.
But a key part of this is many of our events don't scan the tickets (doesn't feel right for them), so this allows them to do something better than collecting paper tickets or finding a name on a list, and it's fun for the attendees who chose to use it.
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#38It's probably just me, but it took me so long after visiting the site to figure out what they actually DO. Wording like, "BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO Share Your Passion" and "IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA" is vague and gives me no idea of what the product or service was. I saw something about selfie tickets but had no idea what that meant. Do you take a selfie on your phone and then it's part of an e-ticket? Do they print tick…
Very constructive, thanks!
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#39How does this handle the people who refuse to take a selfie
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#40I don't want to be this guy, but how come this can a good idea in post-snowden world? Obviously you don't want your face associated with a political events or ideology events. But also and more surprisingly to tech events, specially crypto, physics and nuclear stuff. Some people get denied US tourist visa based only on that.
Aren't most tickets already associated with your name and credit card number anyway? Is adding your face tot he mix a serious problem?
I would say so.
You are adding biometric data to this so you can't say it's not me or type fake information. It's a similar issue with the Iphone Fingerprint ID. If you are making illegal calls, you can't say it's not me because 20 secondes before the call you unlock your cell with your own finger.