So you can just snipe peoples accounts if you know their phone number?
Only if you can verify the phone number from what I can tell. You'd need to have access to the phone number's texts for that to work.
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#12Any service that forces a telephone registration for verification is crap in my opinion. If you need an account professionally, you need a mobile phone to be provided for you. This is in your interest and that of the company if they decide they want to use your account beyond your employment for example.
iPhone requires a phone registration no?
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#13HN needs a separate section for this sort of "media shaming" posts.
I understand why they are being made, but it's getting a bit tiring to see these on the front page so frequently.
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#14The popularity of Discord always surprises me! It takes hard work and time to create an active community. Why put all that hard work and time into a corporate-controlled platform that can lock you out of it anytime they want? How do people feel ok taking such a big risk? Why not use an open protocol like Matrix (or IRC if you're savvy) to form your community?
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#15I triggered some Discord flag where now they require me to give them my phone number to log in via the web. I won't give it to them. Luckily I have a still-logged-in instance on my home computer, do I can still use that for the time being. Super frustration though.
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#16HN needs a separate section for this sort of "media shaming" posts. I understand why they are being made, but it's getting a bit tiring to see these on the front page so frequently.
> I understand why they are being made, but it's getting a bit tiring to see these on the front page so frequently.
It's getting a bit tiring to see that these large corporations still can't figure it out on how to treat your user base regarding de-platforming.
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#17Top G style.
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#18I triggered some Discord flag where now they require me to give them my phone number to log in via the web. I won't give it to them. Luckily I have a still-logged-in instance on my home computer, do I can still use that for the time being. Super frustration though.
I have the very same problem. It seems that my IP @ home was somehow flagged and I was unable to access Discord without giving them phone number.
I will never give my phone to Discord/Twitter etc - just a matter of principle.
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#19The popularity of Discord always surprises me! It takes hard work and time to create an active community. Why put all that hard work and time into a corporate-controlled platform that can lock you out of it anytime they want? How do people feel ok taking such a big risk? Why not use an open protocol like Matrix (or IRC if you're savvy) to form your community?
It's just because other people are there and it's a trend. That is why most people do things.
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#20Putting your phone number into anything is a big mistake.
This is not a helpful nor constructive answer
Well technically you are correct but the underlying issue is Discord and unability of their tech support to change anything in regards to these blacklistings/flaggings.
It is infuriating and I don't see why these services would need my phone number.