Is it possible to force new users to register by their phone numbers?!

[reaon]

We don't need to store phone numbers. It should work as a verification step.
Any idea?

[julian]

Tricky, but not impossible...

You'd need:

• a plugin to add a phone # field to the registration step
• upon registration, send SMS or otherwise manually verify the phone number
• upon verification, add user to a user group that has posting access to your categories, etc.

[psychobunny]

https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-twilio

it might need some updating to 0.7x, if this is what you need I don't mind updating. Let me know

[reaon]

If this plugin is enabled no email confirmations will go out at all. Would be nice to give the user a choice between email and mobile verification

Email confirmation is a method for confirming user's email! Emails should be valid for future operations such as: mail notifications, newsletters, replying to posts from email, etc.

Phone verification make the process of confirming account stronger. It may also be a replacement for (re)Captcha.

Now, I was thinking about storing numbers such as Telegram, Viber and Whatsapp: It can be a method to have valid users! Some people make fake accounts for trolling. This can stop them a little! They should purchase more SIM cards to create more accounts

[psychobunny]

They should purchase more SIM cards to create more accounts

In some countries its actually really easy to get ahold of a SIM card. I'm from Malaysia and when I go there I can get a throwaway SIM card from any convenience store in about 10 minutes for a couple bucks

EDIT: Meanwhile in Canada.... :rage1:

[a_5mith]

@psychobunny said:

They should purchase more SIM cards to create more accounts

In some countries its actually really easy to get ahold of a SIM card. I'm from Malaysia and when I go there I can get a throwaway SIM card from any convenience store in about 10 minutes for a couple bucks

EDIT: Meanwhile in Canada.... :rage1:

They're free in the UK, but need an initial top up to activate, £1 would do this on some networks.