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Re:How Discord Won by n3dm on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:41PM (#24830766)
>Because even creating an account on discord after clicking a "join server" link only requires you to put in an username. No pointless e-mail requirement, not even a password, no nothing. Put in an username and you're good to go.

What are you talking about? I've tried to create an account before it and would not let me without giving them a non-voip phone number.

YMMV should be included in that statement.

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Re:How Discord Won by merb on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:04PM (#24831014)
actually this is the default on creating a new server:

https://support.discord.com/hc/user_images/p4prIch_rOOP4zr7M... German Picture: https://imgur.com/a/qYLf7On

so if you join servers with the default setting you won't be asked for anything. most bigger communities need a validated email tough.

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Re:How Discord Won by Nuzzerino on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:40PM (#24832336)
No, he was referring in fact to account creation. I have been unable to create an account without a non-voip phone number at times.
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Re:How Discord Won by anaisbetts on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:48PM (#24830842)
This is a non-default per-server setting, the admins chose to enable this
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Re:How Discord Won by Polylactic_acid on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:01PM (#24832979)
Its a fairly logical anti spam method. If its a private discord server for your friends there is no need but if the invite link is public then the anti spam protection becomes pretty important.
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Re:How Discord Won by anaisbetts on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:17AM (#24835003)
I agree!
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Re:How Discord Won by wyclif on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:15PM (#24844226)
I just created a new account on Discord a few hours ago, and the first thing it asked me for was an email address or non-VOIP phone number. So no, not if you're creating an account. Creating a server is a different thing.
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