alt Hacker NewsI didn't claim that it didn't happen to you, or that it never happens. You seemed to be implying that it will always happen, or commonly happen; my experience is proof that it doesn't always happen, and at least as strong evidence for it rarely happening as your experience is of it frequently happening.
>I didn't claim that it didn't happen to you, or that it never happens.
The following is worded in such a way that it very much reads that you're saying it doesn't happen...
>When other people say that something happens to them, why should I simply take them at their word when it contradicts the evidence actually available to me?
You've very clearly said that if something hasn't happened to you, you're not likely to believe someone when they tell you it's happened to them. Further...
>You seemed to be implying that it will always happen, or commonly happen...
... there was no implication. The comment you initially responded to clearly stated specific instances that will trigger the phone number requirement, the same instances that are very clearly stated by Discord[1] itself.
[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45526721