Try DuckDuckGO aliase, it works for me
Comment on FLOSS communities right now
trymeout@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Discord is the worst. Requires a phone number, does not allow email aliases and logs yoir chats.
Matrix and SimpleX is way better
Carol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
banneryear1868@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s just an email based user ID, I have multiple Discord accts and never used a phone number with it
SteveTech@programming.dev 9 months ago
Some discord servers can require a verified phone number, not any I know of, but it can be enabled.
banneryear1868@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t know of any either and I’m on like 40+ servers probably. I’ve run our weekly dnd on it for years without issue after trying the other options. Get that it’s not good for tracking and documentation but it’s pretty damn good for active niche interest communities.
The music production servers I’m on are a perfect use of the platform IMO. There’s a server run by a guy who manufactures an open source tracker device, and there’s channels where people post works in progress, get help from others, there’s streaming events where people can submit songs they’ve made using the device, etc. There’s a bunch of people popular in the music scene who regularly help noobs. When people are like “Discord sucks use my favorite platform instead” I’m just like I don’t care about the platform that much I wanna be where some cool shit is happening and your platforms are fucking boring.
Iapar@feddit.de 9 months ago
Show me the music servers :D
myxi@feddit.nl 9 months ago
They force you to enter your phone number if your IP address is fishy, or if your email provider is not popular.
banneryear1868@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Enforcing two factor because of suspicious indicators isn’t bad on it’s own though, it’s privacy concerns about Discord preceding this which makes it a bad thing in this context.
technom@programming.dev 9 months ago
Using phone numbers as second factor authentication is neither secure, nor is it in good faith. Force the customer to use something more anonymous and secure - like Fido keys or even TOTPs. Sneaking in ways to force the customer to reveal their personal details, in the name of security is a sinister dark pattern.