@crazy_pony @mattly I think this is only the case for...

@crazy_pony @mattly I think this is only the case for some Discord "servers" as I'm in a couple dozen of them without ever having given them my phone number.

Like 13 August at 19:14 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.sdf.org

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Crazy Pony

@HunterZ
No, its Discord themself who enforces this

Any time i tried, on different computers, to join a guild as guest or to set up an account, Discord immediately required to tell them my phone number to get a SMS code for verification

@mattly

14 August at 15:59 | Open on rubber.social

Ben S.

@crazy_pony @mattly I'm saying it's a per-server setting. It's possible that your guild server was configured to allow only verified accounts to join, which is sometimes done to prevent spammers/scammers from joining.

14 August at 16:30 | Open on mastodon.sdf.org

Niko :neofox_flag_nb_256: :neofox_flag_trans_256:

@HunterZ nope it's not per server
this UI pops up as soon as your account is made and initial WebSocket connection is made to discord's servers, they then prompt you for phone number verification if they think you're suspicious (any VPN/Tor user at all will get this pretty quickly) before you've even joined a server

14 August at 19:46 | Open on furry.engineer

moggie

I have 3 Discord accounts and none of them has ever required a phone number.

@crazy_pony @HunterZ @mattly

23 August at 19:11 | Open on sfba.social

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