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Re:Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters by jakobdabo on Thursday February 22, 2024 @02:15PM (#39471663)
That's great, thanks!

> It's also not required on the Bluesky service any longer, in most cases.

That's also nice to hear - when last time I tried to register an account (shortly after the free registration launch) the phone number field in the registration form was marked as required, if I am not mistaken.

Re:Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters by jakebsky on Thursday February 22, 2024 @02:20PM (#39471719)
Yeah, you're right, it was. That was temporary measure during the public launch to prevent spam/abuse. We've made some improvements here recently.