Ask HN: How do I successfully register a new Twitter account these days

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5 years ago

I am trying to register a phone number on a newly created Twitter account using a German Vodafone cell phone number. I have taken multiple attempts to submit the number in the form per day, have even locked me out for 24 hours for trying to often, but I did not receive that verification code text message for a week!

The "didn't receive a code"-link just takes me back to the form to try over. The help pages do not cover that problem at all.

That newly created account is useless so far, because after login on any device/browser it immediately forwards to the phone number submit form. Questions arise about whether I am the only one who tries to register new Twitter accounts these days, because I could not find any recent clues on the webs about similar issues.

I asked @twitterSupport using another Twitter account but I have not gotten any reply so far [1]. "Here to help" my ass…

So I am here to ask whether you can point me to another way to actually reach someone at Twitter, or for any other helpful ideas. I need that account for work.

[1]: https://twitter.com/mcnesium/status/1410599322685607945

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