Instagram’s Nametag make it easier to follow people you meet IRL

Instagram is rolling out a new way to quickly follow people you’ve met in real life. Called Nametag, it works by showing your username on your phone in a format that allows it to be scanned by your soon-to-be follower. This tag can also be customized with additional designs, colors, and stickers.

Similar functionality is already available across other social media networks. Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat users can generate QR codes for others to scan and quickly find accounts, while Spotify offers the same for music tracks.

To use it you can go to your profile, hit the menu button on the top right, and select “Nametag” to display your own code. When you want to scan someone else’s, you can do so by swiping right…

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