Skip to content
Better HN
Top
New
Best
Ask
Show
Jobs
Search
⌘K
undefined | Better HN
0 points
dimmke
5y ago
0 comments
Share
The reason most services require a phone number is so you can't just create a new account if you get banned and ideally your account is somewhat tied to a real person. They ban VOIP numbers because it would defeat the whole point.
0 comments
default
newest
oldest
TwoBit
5y ago
What's preventing someone from getting mutiple regular phones and accounts for them then?
closeparen
5y ago
Cost. You can do it, but not hundreds of times like with an email address. Probably not even 10 times before you give up and do something else.
j
/
k
navigate · click thread line to collapse