penguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1399arrow-down1imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountpenguin202124 (he/him) to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 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-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·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.