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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by l72 on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:24AM (#30114931)
Because I don't want to give a phone number to facebook or twitter just to have an account to read some content.
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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by NikolaeVarius on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:51AM (#30115289)
Then don't use it
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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by 90d on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:14AM (#30116559)
They don't ask for a phone number until you post something that alerts the Ministry of Truth. Then your home page and any page you try to visit is replaced with a form to verify who you are.

I have four accounts that have been soft-locked this way. The whole point in my use is I do not want an identity tied to them.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by PragmaticPulp on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:28AM (#30115003)
It slows down (but doesn’t completely prevent) the creation of spam and grief accounts. It’s a tradeoff I’m willing to make.
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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by sseagull on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:38AM (#30115113)
But the user is not interested in posting (or they would have an account already). They are only creating an account because twitter is making them.

Twitter doesn't seem to have an option of a read-only account, where a phone number is only required to post.

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