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by shapefrog 1495 days ago
> Given that everyone who tries to create an account without a phone number has to go through the friction

Yes

> Not to mention the friction of just trying to view a tweet which has been discussed at length on HN before.

Yes

Now imagine filling out 3 captchas every time you open the twitter app on your phone, 1 for ever time you tweet and 1 for every person you follow.

Most users of twitter, use either an app on their phone or the cookies in their browser suffer the friction of forgetting their password (likely password1 btw) because they have to log in so infrequently.