u/Mdzaman59

I started using a browser call link instead of my phone number for first-time calls, and it’s been surprisingly useful.

The main reason is simple: I got tired of giving my number to people I barely knew just to have one quick conversation. Once a number is out there, it tends to stay out there. It gets saved, forwarded, reused, and sometimes ends up leading to spam later.

With a browser call link, the other person just joins from the link. No app, no signup, no phone number exchange. For short calls, it feels a lot cleaner because the conversation happens without turning my personal number into public contact info.

I still use normal calls or WhatsApp for people I already know. This is more for first contact, like buyers, freelance leads, or anyone where I do not really want to hand over my number yet.

It sounds like a small change, but it removed a lot of friction for me.

Has anyone else tried avoiding number sharing for first calls?

I was looking through the permissions on my phone today and honestly there was way more stuff enabled than I expected.

Microphone, contacts, location, photos... some apps I barely even use still had access to things.

I know Android shows the permissions when you install an app, but how many people actually go back and check them later?

Do you regularly clean up app permissions or just leave them as they are?

Random question i've been thinking about while building something.

What if instead of giving someone your phone number, you could just give them a username and they could call you through that?

Something like:

@alex → Call

No number sharing, but also not anonymous. You still know who you're talking to, you just don't have their personal number.

I'm working on adding this to GhostCall, but before i spend more time on it, i'm curious if people would actually use it.

Would you prefer this over giving your number to someone you don't know well? Why or why not?

Random question i've been thinking about while building something.

What if instead of giving someone your phone number, you could just give them a username and they could call you through that?

Something like:

@alex → Call

No number sharing, but also not anonymous. You still know who you're talking to, you just don't have their personal number.

I'm working on adding this to GhostCall, but before i spend more time on it, i'm curious if people would actually use it.

Would you prefer this over giving your number to someone you don't know well? Why or why not?

Hey everyone,

I've been building a startup called GhostCall for the last few months.

The idea is pretty simple. Instead of exchanging phone numbers, you create a temporary link and the other person joins a voice call directly in their browser. No app, no signup.

I built it because i felt there was this weird gap where sometimes you just need a quick conversation with someone from a marketplace, freelancer, community, etc, but the only options are sharing your personal number or setting up a full meeting.

Right now i'm also working on username-based calling, so people will be able to call someone using their GhostCall username instead of a phone number. That'll probably take me about a month to finish.

Where i'm confused is whether i'm solving a problem enough people actually have or if i'm just solving something that personally annoyed me.

If you were building this, what would you do next? Keep doubling down on temporary calls or focus more on username-based calling?

Would really appreciate honest feedback, even if its critical.

Website - https://www.ghostcall.space/

Hey everyone,

I've been building a startup called GhostCall for the last few months.

The idea is pretty simple. Instead of exchanging phone numbers, you create a temporary link and the other person joins a voice call directly in their browser. No app, no signup.

I built it because i felt there was this weird gap where sometimes you just need a quick conversation with someone from a marketplace, freelancer, community, etc, but the only options are sharing your personal number or setting up a full meeting.

Right now i'm also working on username-based calling, so people will be able to call someone using their GhostCall username instead of a phone number. That'll probably take me about a month to finish.

Where i'm confused is whether i'm solving a problem enough people actually have or if i'm just solving something that personally annoyed me.

If you were building this, what would you do next? Keep doubling down on temporary calls or focus more on username-based calling?

Would really appreciate honest feedback, even if its critical.

Website - https://www.ghostcall.space/

Sometimes I just need a 2-5 min conversation with someone and opening Zoom, sending meeting links, etc feels like too much.

I've been building a small project called GhostCall for this exact thing. It's basically temporary browser-based voice calls through a link, no signup or phone numbers.

Curious if anyone else has this problem or if I'm the only one 😅

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I noticed sometimes you just need a quick call with someone and exchanging numbers feels unnecessary.

So I made GhostCall. You create a link, send it, and the other person joins the call in browser. No signup and no phone numbers.

Idea is basically: a 5 min conversation shouldn't need permanent contact access.

Still working on it, just wanted to know if this solves an actual problem or its just me 😅

Link: https://ghostcall.space/

A random thought I had while building something recently:

Why is the default way to talk to someone online still:

save contact

expose personal number

create permanent access to you

keep chat history forever

…even if the conversation only needs to happen once?

For example:

buying/selling online

talking to someone from Reddit

short-term projects

creators/community calls

gaming

support/help calls

temporary teams

Feels weird that the internet evolved so much but communication still assumes everyone should become a permanent contact.

So I built a small experiment called GhostCall.

It creates temporary voice call rooms:

no signup

no phone numbers

just send a link and talk instantly

when the call ends, the room disappears forever

Not trying to replace WhatsApp or Discord or anything.

More like: “some conversations shouldn’t become permanent digital relationships.”

Curious if people think this direction makes sense or if I’m overthinking a problem nobody actually cares about.

Built something recently called GhostCall.space

It lets you call someone with just a link — no signup, no phone number, nothing.

Honestly built it because I got tired of needing to share my personal number for every random online conversation.

Surprisingly people from 38+ countries have already used it and some calls lasted 30+ minutes which I genuinely didn’t expect this early.

Still improving reliability and group calls right now.