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Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:09AM (#26739754)
> Man sometimes I think people forget phone books existed for a long time.

If the notion were introduced today, nobody would tolerate them. That they once existed is hardly an argument that such things are a good idea.

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Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by justsid on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:47AM (#26740225)
Not to mention that all people I knew growing up opted to have their numbers removed from the phone books. People don’t want their number to be visible to everyone.
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Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by sathackr on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:13PM (#26741307)
And you had to pay monthly for that 'service' -- for them to NOT publish your number.
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