• Extras@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    But wouldn’t that just put you at risk of spam and other malicious messages?

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      8 months ago

      In addition to what the other user said, usernames are both optional and easy to change in order to prevent spammers from finding you. Plus, they can only make so many accounts themselves, with the phone number limitation in tow.