can people who do twitch streaming stuff just.... *stop* with the requiring us to give our phone number to twitch thing???

please???
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@Felthry many people have to do it to protect themselves from hate raids. It's inconvenient but their safety comes first.

@sharkNserg how much does it even work for that though? it feels more like amazon trying to steal your information while claiming it will help somehow
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@Felthry @sharkNserg Most people mass farming accounts generally don't have masses of phone numbers.

@Felthry @sharkNserg There are arguably more things they can do that are more efficient, requiring verified phone numbers is like taking a sledgehammer to do the job of a chisel, but Amazon/Twitch likely went with "easy" over something that would cost time and resource.

@DarkOverord @sharkNserg i think "easy" was less of a consideration than "gets us more data for our panopticon"
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@Felthry @sharkNserg Given it's on the streamer to set up what specific verification methods are required to chat (Verified number, followed for more than X time, and so on)

Honestly "easy" is probably the case.

@DarkOverord @sharkNserg we've heard this one is on by default though
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@Felthry @sharkNserg Could be my account's age + never streaming but...

@DarkOverord @Felthry it isn't on by default for me but if I ever experience a hate raid it is going on and staying on forever