Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week
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Discord had long been strongly opposed to ads, but starting this week, it's giving video game makers the ability to advertise to its users. introduction of so-called Sponsored Quests marks a notable change from the startup's previous business model at least for now, it seems much less intrusive than
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- Discord had long been strongly opposed to ads, but starting this week, it's giving video game makers the ability to advertise to its users.
- introduction of so-called Sponsored Quests marks a notable change from the startup's previous business model
- at least for now, it seems much less intrusive than the ads shoved into other social media platforms, especially since Discord users can choose not to engage with them.
- Discord first announced Sponsored Quests on March 7, with Peter Sellis, Discord's SVP of product, writing in a blog post that users would start seeing them in the "coming weeks."
- offer PC gamers in-game rewards for getting friends to watch a stream of them playing through Discord.
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