Does phone-walled mean you have to verify with a phone number? Are you unable to...

the_gipsy · 2026-02-12T21:39:38 1770932378

Most likely they don't want to. It's ridiculous that you would need to give your phone number for some chat program.

iknowstuff · 2026-02-13T04:04:17 1770955457

Is it? In a world full of LLMs and limited privacy preserving verification methods?

Unless we come up with a global, double blind cryptographic government ID system, this is the reality of the internet.

the_gipsy · 2026-02-13T10:00:48 1770976848

It doesn't really solve spam in a meaningful way in practice.

yndoendo · 2026-02-12T22:06:28 1770933988

Since you need to provide a phone number to sign up for Discord is the reason I never will.

There should be no reason for a phone number and nor do I want to waste my time trying to buy pass it with internet provided single use numbers.

Unless it is a service I must use, then I will provide a phone number. If it is a service I get to choose to use then I will never provide a number.

ranger_danger · 2026-02-13T04:06:43 1770955603

Yes to all 3.

Even times when I've given up and put in a real phone number that has never been used with Discord, it still just bans me immediately after verifying, so they basically just stole the number.