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Re:Ask HN: How would you turn Twitter around? by SeanBoocock on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @09:28PM (#13760429)
That feels like a vestige of Twitter's origins as a heavily SMS focused service. Even if that is true, though, odd to have such a high friction element to the registration flow for what is now a niche use case.
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Re:Ask HN: How would you turn Twitter around? by fragmede on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:40AM (#13764519)
It's intentional, in an attempt to reduce spammers and trolls. Gmail also includes receiving an SMS in the signup flow.
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