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Re:Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Foll... by pavel_lishin on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:05AM (#17514682)
Even something like checking a phone number just means that you're limiting the number of legitimate "bots" or alternate accounts people can have.
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Re:Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Foll... by MaxBarraclough on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:11AM (#17514764)
Indeed, that's a good way to raise the bar.

For small websites, even a completely trivial email check is enough to keep out most spammers.

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