penguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-linkDiscord requiring you to add a phone number after the creation of your accountsh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days 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-23 days 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.