ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDo phone number requirements for account sign-ups effectively deter/mitigate spam?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareDKP@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoRequiring email of phone numbers isn’t always something virtuous like stopping spam. It’s also often about first party data acquisition. Even if some people use burner accounts, most won’t, and that means more data to share with advertisers.
Requiring email of phone numbers isn’t always something virtuous like stopping spam. It’s also often about first party data acquisition. Even if some people use burner accounts, most won’t, and that means more data to share with advertisers.