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Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number by nothal on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:41AM (#19490350)
FWIW, there are far more businesses on social media than that. There’s an entire culture of chefs, makeup artists, and the like that advertises solely on twitter/instagram/etc. Social media is actually a really effective tool to reach your target audience in these cases.
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Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number by zrobotics on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @01:48PM (#19494266)
>> chefs, makeup artists, and the like

Isn't that covered under "influencers"? What tangible benefit does Twitter provide to a working makeup artist (ie someone doing makeup for films/tv/photography/etc)? Sure, there are makeup artists that run businesses on Twitter, but their business is selling branded makeup and promoting sponsored products. That type of business is 100% reliant in social media, but aside from influencers are there any working professionals that would be unemployed without Twitter or Instagram?

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