Discord wants to help you monetize your server.

  • xergi0kthebirdman@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Every app has to do everything. Just the way it is now.

    You get a walled garden! You get a walled garden! Everyone gets a walled garden!

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    Hopefully users push back hard enough on this bullshit that server owners decide it’s not worth the backlash to use these features… If not, I guess I’ll thin out my server list.

    • Dented-Mantle-4133@kbin.social
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      I doubt it. Users may already be familiar with these features and would see it a way to make processes more seamless. Server subscriptions would mean you don’t have to go through Patreon.

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          A viable Twitch alternative would be great, honestly, but Discord has a ways to go before they get there.

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        That’s actually an interesting point; if this was being used to provide alternate access to already subscription-based content, it’s somewhat more palatable. I was thinking in terms of previously freely available content being locked behind a paywall.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve already moved back to IRC after my 8 years with discord. I tried Revolt, but I think I am just over the kinds of users and servers these platforms attract. IRC and fediverse fit the bill nicely.

  • ayaya@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Didn’t they already try something similar to this, was it Discord Game Store or something? That end up in failure.

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      This one is a more general store and seems more in line with what some creators already use Discord servers for. Subscriptions for access to content.

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          The new Downloadables and Server Shop add to Discord’s server subscriptions as ways for creators to monetize their servers. Server subscriptions are getting an improvement, too: the company is adding tier templates to make it easier to decide what subscriptions to offer to your community.

          Yes.