I am a dipshit, of course it wasn't resolving +61 and the 04

should just be +614etc

i got the verification sms straight away and was able to change my username away from my real name

  • quarrk [he/him]
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    24 hours ago

    This applies to Finland and probably other countries as well. You don’t need the leading 0 if you included the country code.