penguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly [email protected]English • 1 month agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1393arrow-down1imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 month 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-7•edit-21 month 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.