penguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square94arrow-up1402file-text
arrow-up1402imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square94file-text
minus-square@FrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglish12•5 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@kitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-25 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.