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Discord plans to roll out third-party ads on its mobile apps, starting with a mobile pilot for Video Quests, video ads that let users earn rewards, in June 2025. (www.prnewswire.com)

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Discord announces plans to expand its successful Video Quests advertising format to mobile devices. This strategic move marks the company's first mobile ad offering, significantly broadening reach for advertisers while maintaining Discord's commitment to user-first, reward-focused advertising experiences. The initial pilot for Video Quests on Mobile will launch in June 2025, offering advertisers a prime opportunity to showcase trailers, make impactful announcements, and highlight premium content to Discord's player community.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Man, people are so willing to jump to companies that literally have plans to monetize the shit out of everything in the future just because it's "simple to use." It's literally the same shit with Bluesky a company that owes a shitload to Blockchain Capital and will be needing to pay that money back somehow. It will have to be monetized at some point. (and whose promises of Federation are clearly hokum)

And we complain about how the Trumpers can't read. Everyone's way way way too ready to jump to some new shitbag company as long as it's "simple to understand."

I'll be real, I think that's as pathetic as not reading.

wE'lL jUsT gO tO A nEw CoMpAnY... after they've monetized the living shit out of us and our data and the network effects make us stay supporting the company for far longer than it deserves. I guess most people don't learn from bad experiences and really are fucking stupid.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 11 points 2 days ago

That's how it is unfortunately. The best way to get people on Matrix would be by communities hosting on Matrix and advertising that actively in their Discord guilds. Providing simple instructions to pick a client and sign up. Show people they can customise how they like etc, that will help, people love shiny things. Once you have people signed up and using the platform, then they can figure out the federation by being exposed to it.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Blockchain Capital

Did not know they got money from a crypto firm.

I never joined Bluesky because I don't trust any commercial US-based social networks. The American VC culture is hopelessly corrupt.

Investment from some crypto criminals is the cherry on top.