penguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 8 MonatenDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1401arrow-down1imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 8 Monatenmessage-square94linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·vor 8 Monaten 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-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·vor 8 MonatenAgain - 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.