Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most countries

Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by yepguy on Monday April 27, 2020 @03:42PM (#22999217)

That infuriated me last year when I finally tried to create a Twitter account.

During registration I was given a choice between providing an email address or a phone number. I provided an email address, only to immediately have my account locked until I provided a phone number. Well, I wouldn't have given my email address if I knew a phone number was required anyway! It wouldn't even let me visit my account settings to delete my account, and I never got a reply when I emailed Twitter support.

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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by jo6gwb on Monday April 27, 2020 @06:07PM (#23000674)

I had a similar experience. In my case they allowed my account to be opened without a phone number as I requested that they delete the account because I didn't want to provide my phone number. I deleted my account soon afterward anyway.

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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by mlindner on Monday April 27, 2020 @08:31PM (#23001963)

That's pretty interesting. I've had a twitter account that has no phone number and no email for a very long time. It's never been blocked.

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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by Avamander on Monday April 27, 2020 @10:07PM (#23002585)

If you've had the account for very long it's probably grandfathered.

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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by mikemac on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @09:45AM (#23006881)

Be careful, my 10 year old account was permanently suspended without warning and support is no help; I suspect it's because I didn't have a phone number on my profile.

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