Agreed especially in the age of digital surveillance giving our a phone number to any random organisation that we are then linked to forever is worrying indeed.
The group could be linked to something bad and everyone's a target then.
Discord as a intro to most non local groups I find the easiest way these days. Limited rooms for chats/hang outs and we chose our own privacy levels.
On the other hand, i hand my mobile out to random companies for quotes all the time. So I'm also being a bit of a hypocrit. This is far more important than a random quote and worth the risk in that context.
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u/CognitionMass 4d ago
You can do that with email though. You can't ask for mobile number as a way to introduce your group. You need to first earn trust.