• You get to keep all your current memories and knowledge.
  • Everyone/everything else is a clean slate.
  • You’re starting now (not going back to the past).
  • pdxfed@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Google voice has been around for like 15 years. It’s your perm number, that your direct calls to your real number as you like/don’t like.

    Personally I give out work number that is semi permanent and fam/friends get GV #. I use one message app for work # and one for GV. Allows me to pay attention/prioritize during work/personal time.

    Been doing this for more than 12 years. 8 employers, no worries.

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      10 months ago

      You must use your Google voice phone number often enough for them not to disable it. I had a Google voice number. Used it infrequently. They disabled it.

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        10 months ago

        They usually will send you email reminders about getting disabled soon due to inactivity and when I got those, I just open the app and call myself or text myself so it stays active.

        Though, I recently got a new number and switched out my old number to transfer to Google Voice, so I’m using GV a little more often than I was before so it shouldn’t go inactive as easily.