> IRC generally has no barriers to account registration while Twitter generally requires a phone number. in the latter they pose in an insurmountable hurdle to all but organized and funded campaigns.
Since when is getting a new phone number that receive SMS an insurmountable expensive? There are literally dozens, perhaps hundreds of services selling this. Example [1] https://www.textmagic.com/sms-pricing/ seems to cost me 7c per text received with no account fees, and I only need it to receive a sign up message.
That is far from "organized and funded". People paid $8 to make troll accounts on Twitter when it was possible.
You are correct that burning a SIM card is not that expensive.
However, your example of a text capable VOIP number is not a good one. FAANGs require a real mobile number and these texting services (twilio, for instance) will not work.
All of this to say:
It’s a bit more expensive than you think. If you really care about succeeding, you’re going to need to burn a SIM card.
Since when is getting a new phone number that receive SMS an insurmountable expensive? There are literally dozens, perhaps hundreds of services selling this. Example [1] https://www.textmagic.com/sms-pricing/ seems to cost me 7c per text received with no account fees, and I only need it to receive a sign up message.
That is far from "organized and funded". People paid $8 to make troll accounts on Twitter when it was possible.