#barcodes
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #barcodes from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-23 13:53 UTC2 uses by 2 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-23 13:53 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-23 13:53 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~28140 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 06:00
Languages: English (33) · German (6) · Japanese (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.8
Top of the latest posts
It's got to the point in implementing my #Readerware replacement that I need to think about data entry and lookup. And look what I just dug out of my bits box ... #cuecat #barcodes #WorldAltTextChampionshipEntry
Will it riff? Clever idea: turn any random barcode into a guitar riff. I want to do that with the barcode of every CD on my shelves. Especially the Heavy Metal ones. https://boingboing.net/2025/08/19/will-it-riff-turns-product-barcodes-into
I only had my smartphone camera with me today. But it seems that 2D barcodes are used for rollercoaster train positioning systems nowadays. Wtf? I've only seen this being specified for systems at speeds up to 10 m/s which is likely exceeded
What “barcodes” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediabarcodes
- nounAny set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology
A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable symbolic form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by optical scanners known as barcode readers. Later, two-dimensional (2D) variants were developed, using rectangles, dots, hexagons and other patterns, called matrix codes or 2D barcodes. Despite being often include
“Barcode” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#barcodes across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #barcodes straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
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