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		yjftsjthsd-h on April 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion user... > Man sometimes I think people forget phone books existed for a long time. If the notion were introduced today, nobody would tolerate them. That they once existed is hardly an argument that such things are a good idea.

justsid on April 8, 2021 [–]

Not to mention that all people I knew growing up opted to have their numbers removed from the phone books. People don’t want their number to be visible to everyone.

sathackr on April 8, 2021 | [–]

And you had to pay monthly for that 'service' -- for them to NOT publish your number.

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