penguin202124@sh.itjust.worksdeleted by creator to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124@sh.itjust.worksdeleted by creator to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square90linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years 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.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years 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.