Debate.org has an unnecessary verification process.

I accept and agree to comply to the rules laid out by Pro.------------------------------------------------------------------Before I present my argument, it is worth establishing that Debate.org’s identity verification process is modeled to prevent users from cheating in debates by creating accounts to vote for themselves. With this in mind, the identity verification process is reasonable.As Con, I need to show that Debate.org does not have an unnecessary verification process.Before I start, Pro states, "simple as leave a comment". The commenting feature is available without identity verification. It's just the voting feature that can't be used until one's identity has been verified.Alternative Identity Confirmation Method:A brief Google search brought up an official post from Debate.org_Official that states:“If you would like to confirm your identity without the use of a mobile phone, either because you do not wish to share your number or because your carrier and/or country are not available, please follow these steps:1) Complete 3 debates2) Contact the site moderator, airmax1227 ([link to mod’s profile]), to have your identity confirmed manually”That being stated, according to an official post created presumably by admins on this site, it is fully possible to get an identity verification done without giving away one’s cellphone number. This means that anyone can completely access the site, even without a cellphone. They just have to put in some effort to show that they're taking things seriously. [1]This point alone refutes two of Pro’s arguments, but I will touch on them briefly using this point to support whatever else I have to say.A Cellphone:While it is true that not everyone has access to a cellphone, there aren’t many other effective alternatives for confirming one’s identity for the purpose to prevent cheating. If the site functioned solely on an email confirmation system for identity verification, a dedicated cheater could easily create a new email to gain full access the site. With a cellphone, it is much more difficult to forge sockpuppet accounts for the goal of cheating as it is not as feasible to create a new phone number or obtain one. One of Debate.org’s primary goals is to keep their dedicated user base (the people who have offered their phone numbers or otherwise and use the site daily) content, therefore it is reasonable to have this in place. Without this measure, the site would certainly end up with more instances of cheating, resulting in unhappy users. If one does not have a phone number, they may have an identity verification done manually. Because of this, Pro is incorrect in asserting that Debate.org does not take people without cellphones into consideration.Cellphone Privacy:The amount of sites that get hacked for personal data collection in comparison to the sites that don’t is extremely small, so the chance of something like this ever happening is so miniscule that it is not worth worrying about it. For those concerned about it, as touched on, may have their identity verification done manually.3 Debates Requirement:This requirement essentially exists to further deter any cheater who gets through the cellphone verification process, whether it be through getting one of their friend’s numbers or otherwise. With this requirement in place, it makes the prospect of creating alternative accounts to cheat incredibly bleak. It is also reasonable in the manual alternative for identity verification. The moderator in charge of this needs to know that one intends on taking their time and debates here seriously before they manually accept them, so they want to see them participate in multiple debates to confirm that they're not a sockpuppet account, but rather someone who wants to be a member of the community.Six months seems like a blantant blowing of proportions to support Pro's argument. While there may be debates out there that have lasted for that length, it does not mean that they commonly stretch for that long. It seems more rational to assume that debates average out at about five days a piece, though it does vary a lot. That being said, this measure doesn't seem as brutal as Pro makes it out to be.Vote Con. [1] http://www.debate.org...