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IRC didn't require e-mail AND phone number to use it

And IRC is dead.

Getting one’s account stolen on IRC because of NickServ was common occurrence with new users.

Get back to me after Discord will be 25+ years as IRC and let's compare which how was each "dead" at that stage.

I couldn't care less about my ephemeral IRC account getting used (not sure why you call it stolen, if it's just there for anyone to take) by someone else, it's for sure much less important to me than sharing my email AND phone with some corporation, especially considering email would be more than enough to verify the user.

Discord doesn't need your phone number, although if you try using a VPN or Tor they'll think you're suspicious and require it

oh so it was just my imagination they first required email, them they required phone and I don't use VPN/TOR, maybe avoid black statements if you don't have clue, when did you try to register last time?

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