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		jakobdabo on Feb 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters That's great, thanks! > It's also not required on the Bluesky service any longer, in most cases. That's also nice to hear - when last time I tried to register an account (shortly after the free registration launch) the phone number field in the registration form was marked as required, if I am not mistaken.

jakebsky on Feb 22, 2024 [–]

Yeah, you're right, it was. That was temporary measure during the public launch to prevent spam/abuse. We've made some improvements here recently.

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