It would be neat to bypass the facebook group method and just have a website that you can request people's phone numbers (just a simple submit form). Then the numbers aren't publicly available for everyone to snoop.
The reason people make the group or event is because when you invite everyone they get a notification and a lot more people see it rather than a status update (that maybe <10% of your friends see). So maybe creating an event or group then linking to givemeyournumbers.com/john_smith
No, if you need to ask for phone numbers by using a facebook group you are doing it wrong. This just serves to encourage more people to do the wrong thing.
Many said this isn't wide-used anymore. But as a high school student, I still get invited to those groups/events frequently, and people said they've been waiting for something like this for a long time. So there is still a big market here.
Glad I could contribute my little bit to make this process a lot faster. Well worth making this as my 5-hour side project.
Although this is less common than it once was I still get invited to these groups a few times a month so this is useful. I've just graduated high school and I think some of my other friends would get them even more as my friend group is slightly more technical.
Yes. It used to be much, much more frequent before smartphones. It is decreasing rapidly, though, as we'd all expect in a time and age where smartphones seemlessly backup contacts to the cloud.
You still see it in places and with communities where smartphones are less popular. I see a lot of them from students in middle and high school. (Although usually as status updates, not groups.)
The reason people make the group or event is because when you invite everyone they get a notification and a lot more people see it rather than a status update (that maybe <10% of your friends see). So maybe creating an event or group then linking to givemeyournumbers.com/john_smith