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Hi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to c

by deanc 2mo ago

Hi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to co-ordinate?

Hamuko 2mo ago
Doesn't WhatsApp have usernames these days?
- deanc 2mo ago
  I believe in a group chat you can see everyone's phone number.
  - Melatonic 2mo ago
    They're rolling out a new feature I believe to allow username only
asimovDev 2mo ago
There should be an email sent out whenever a meet is organized. WhatsApp group is mostly for choosing the most suitable date and a place , it’s not mandatory for participation
stronglikedan 2mo ago
You don't have a throwaway Google Voice number? I use one for dating apps. Very convenient and worry free.
- deanc 2mo ago
  This is a conversation about a HN meetup in Europe. Google voice is not available on the free tier to Europeans. It requires google workspace.
- embedding-shape 2mo ago
  Someone correct me if I'm wrong (I've never used it myself), but Google Voice doesn't seem to be available in Finland at all so probably not? > Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. telephone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspace customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with a US phone number anyway, I'd probably be more embarrassed about using a US phone number then letting people in a HN meetup group see my real phone number.
stevekemp 2mo ago
Things might change in the future, it seems that WhatsApp is gonna start offering usernames, I saw the notice on my app a few weeks back. That would allow using it with strangers, without sharing a number, in the future.