@dantheman I'll take this opportunity to air a concern I'm having, apart from the need to separate the flag from downvoting content which I have detailed in comments many times before:
It seems a lot of people have been complaining in steemit.chat lately, saying that they can't sign up because their phone number is rejected. Here's one example from just recently in #general.
willibilli 2:21 PM
Hello, I am having a problem with signing up to Steemit. Everytime I enter my phone number I get this message: "Unable to verify your phone number. Please try a different phone number." Does anyone know how to remedy this? Thank you"
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