It is, unfortunately, important to me. There are a number of people I only have contact with via Facebook (the idea of switching our contact over to e-mail is not workable for a variety of reasons). There are a couple of things I need to post about in the coming months, and I need Facebook for that.
By "get a phone number," I'm not sure what you mean. I have a land line, of course, but I tried that for the activation process and it didn't work. Do you mean ways to get a cell-phone number without actually having one? Even if that's possible, how would I then retrieve the text message?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Sorry if I'm coming across as edgy. I'm just stumped. Photobucket's been contacting me about locked photos for two years--there, I don't give a fuck. This is different.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
there's a "Recover your Facebook account from a friend's or family member's account" option mentioned in the FAQ. is that any use?
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
this, maybe? https://textfree.us/#/welcome
― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
Both of those ideas look potentially helpful--thanks, I'll look into them.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:32 (one year ago) link
Can you do Google Voice in Canada? That's how I got my business number when I didn't want clients knowing my personal number
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link
First number is free, I think, but that was 2012 so don't quote me
Looks like it is, so that might work too--thanks.
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2020/05/google-voice-now-generally-available-in-canada.html
I'll look into all of these this afternoon.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
In a perfect world, Facebook is a company, and you can contact them, and they'll fix the problem. I think that world was still around maybe 10 years ago?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
Absolutely nothing works, including the three methods suggested above.
I know this a weird request, but does anybody actually know someone who works at Facebook and can (not here, obviously, but via board e-mail) hook me up with an e-mail address?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link