penguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-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) to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.ml
minus-square@FrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglish12•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@kitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-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.