Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
by StanislavPetrov on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:53PM
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Twitter has been using a similar scam for a couple of years now. After several years of Twitter, my account was locked and they demanded my cell number to "verify" my account. No thanks - said goodbye to Twitter and never looked back.
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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
by tatami on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @02:52AM
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It was funny because a fresh account worked for me until I confirmed my e-mail address, then I was suspended until I gave them my phone number.
If they are so desperate to not have me as a potential user, then they can have it...
Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
by dmix on Monday February 12, 2018 @08:55PM
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I used one of those 'burner' apps that generate temporary phone numbers to bypass that. The only problem is if they continue to use that for authentication as the numbers expire unless you pay $x/yr.