Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Facebook outage

Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by kleiba on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:05PM (#28764876)

That would be a no-go for me too... if I had a phone number. These days, it's actually surprisingly hard to get a free email account without having to provide a phone number.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by zht on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:09PM (#28764927)

how do you live life without a phone number?

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by heleninboodler on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:16PM (#28765009)

I'd guess "blissfully"

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by gleenn on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:19PM (#28765042)

I did it for a year in Japan, not easy but doable. I also hate giving out my phone number. It's just another way for companies to track users.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by kleiba on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:32PM (#28765207)

I've never had a phone. I suppose it's harder if I ever had one but since I never had to give up the conveniences, I don't really have a problem with it.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by kleiba on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:31PM (#28765186)

I'm old.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:02PM (#28768678)

I just made an anonymous phone number at textnow.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by kleiba on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @12:32AM (#28769228)

How did you sign up to textnow without an email address?

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Saturday October 09, 2021 @01:55PM (#28811846)

with email address, of course

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