<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>You don't have to use a phone number at all. Just use a secondary/junk email account. I just tested it and it still works that way. Don't use the mobile app - I just did the web site on my phone's browser. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">Regards,<div><br></div><div>Anthony Stever </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Kendall Shaw <kshaw@kendallshaw.com> </div><div>Date: 1/13/19 5:30 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: "General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions, etc." <talk@nblug.org> </div><div>Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Semi-anonymity on facebook </div><div><br></div></div>Hi,<br><br>I have resisted facebook since it was started, because it seemed like<br>such an obviously bad idea.<br><br>But, occasionally I run into organizations that use facebook for<br>communication, and offer no alternative.<br><br>Do you know a way to be semi-anonymous on facebook?<br><br>I've tried using online SMS systems to give as my "mobile number", but<br>facebook recognizes that it's not a real phone and refuses to accept<br>it.<br><br>Ideas?<br><br>If the reasons aren't obvious for my thoughts about facebook, I don't<br>live in utopia, so can't lay my life bare for all to judge.<br><br><br>Kendall<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk mailing list<br>talk@nblug.org<br>https://nblug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk<br></body></html>