penguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly [email protected]English • 2 months agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1400arrow-down1imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 months 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-22 months 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.