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Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number

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Re: Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number

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Something like this happened to me. It certainly prompted me to look for alternatives (e.g., Mastodon). You can start small: sign into Twitter every other month. IIRC, this will decrease the number of active users they report to investors.

are daily active users not a thing that are reported to investors

Re: Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number

#13

This is the new norm... expect all services to require phone numbers due to spam and propaganda.

Sad but true. At the hosting company I work for, we had to start requiring phone numbers for cloud servers due to a massive wave of abuse. It's one of the few roadblocks that helps at least somewhat.

Previously, we didn't even require a full name. A few idiots always ruin it for everyone.

Re: Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number

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post #5

Twitter should have imploded years ago. No one seems to remember that Donald Trump saved Twitter. It was for sale and couldn't find a buyer, no one wanted the CEO position so they bribed the old CEO to step back in, losing TONS of money. Then the at time presidential candidate used Twitter to market his campaign. It's harmful social commentary that forces people/media/influences/etc to use catchy one-liners to spike…

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Re: Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number

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post #4

Something like this happened to me. It certainly prompted me to look for alternatives (e.g., Mastodon). You can start small: sign into Twitter every other month. IIRC, this will decrease the number of active users they report to investors.

are daily active users not a thing that are reported to investors

MAU (monthly active users) is typically the metric they look at.
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