In an apparent effort to boost revenues, gaming social media startup Discord plans to implement ads into its free service. The step is expected in the coming days after 9 years of ad-free experience.
I don’t think people on this sub use it, but it’s great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.
…And of course I just now finally persuasive my mother to start looking into Discord.
She’s a pretty connected Boomer who likes new books, movies and shows and is in desperate need of friends to talk to about her nerdy interests.
But Discord is deciding to inshitify right as she’s starting to warm up to the idea of online communities. She probably wouldn’t care about things like the username stuff, but Ads? Yeah, eww.
…And of course I just now finally persuasive my mother to start looking into Discord.
She’s a pretty connected Boomer who likes new books, movies and shows and is in desperate need of friends to talk to about her nerdy interests.
But Discord is deciding to inshitify right as she’s starting to warm up to the idea of online communities. She probably wouldn’t care about things like the username stuff, but Ads? Yeah, eww.