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I understand that the author doesnt like the service, but the service requires your current cell phone number to notify you. I think most people who have been
by hobs 11y ago
I understand that the author doesnt like the service, but the service requires your current cell phone number to notify you.
I think most people who have been through a rough relationship and would consider themselves a "survivor" would have gone far past changing their phone number.
I dont mean to trivialize the authors experience, but this site being a way for people to post anonymous mean or nice comments doesnt open any new avenues if that person already has your contact information.
- edent 11y agoIt's not all that hard to get someone's number. Tell a FOAF that you lost it, look up public records, call their work & say you need to speak to them urgently. Especially easy if the victim hasn't told everyone that they're being harassed. Look at how abusers will create fake Facebook & twitter profiles to sully someone's name - this is just offering another vector for malicious behaviour.
- Sanddancer 11y agoUsing "rough relationship" to refer to abuse is already trivializing it. Regarding phones, blocking a number is trivial, and finding a number is as well. I've had abusive family members manage to find me after a decade of them not knowing my phone number, email address, etc, by putting out messages that were relayed to me through forums I used to frequent talking about a nonexistent "emergency". You have no idea just how creepy some people can get in their desire to stalk and harass.
- Dylan16807 11y ago>Using "rough relationship" to refer to abuse is already trivializing it. The opposite. It's setting an extra-low bar for number-changing. That's taking things seriously.