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Why would somebody ever give their phone number to Twitter, Facebook, or any other service for that matter? You loose anonymity when you give away your phone nu
by avocado4 7y ago
Why would somebody ever give their phone number to Twitter, Facebook, or any other service for that matter? You loose anonymity when you give away your phone number.
- opencl 7y agoYou can't make a Twitter account without a phone number. Well you technically can, but it will be instantly banned upon creation until a phone number is provided.
- avocado4 7y agoI've had a Twitter account for years (to contact customer support). They keep asking me for a phone number but I never provide it. I never got banned.
- opencl 7y agoThis is a recent-ish change that only applies to new accounts.
- avocado4 7y agoI still don't get it, I just signed up for a new Twitter account and didn't have to provide a phone number. Was there an official policy change from Twitter? Do you have a link?
- opencl 7y agoAs far as I'm aware there was never any sort of official policy announcement. They just started banning any new account without a phone number a few minutes after creating it at some point. I personally experienced it a couple of times and there was a big thread about it on here a few months ago[1]. Maybe they changed it back again? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19487304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19487304