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You 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 provide
by opencl 7y ago
You 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