penguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish • 3 days agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1394arrow-down1imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•3 days ago This is or was part of their anti-spam/flooding protection. That’s the official explanation. A phone number is a nice way to attach a real world identity to the data (which of course is sold to advertisers/data brokers etc).
minus-square@kitnahtlinkEnglish-7•edit-23 days agoAgain - which isn’t required. You don’t have to supply your phone number.
That’s the official explanation. A phone number is a nice way to attach a real world identity to the data (which of course is sold to advertisers/data brokers etc).
Again - which isn’t required. You don’t have to supply your phone number.