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As someone who is not by any means a discord power user, and who doesn't generally pay for skins, even I have been tempted to buy boosts just so that I can use

As someone who is not by any means a discord power user, and who doesn't generally pay for skins, even I have been tempted to buy boosts just so that I can use emojis from some servers on other servers, because I think they're funny. If discord can tempt even me to buy, I have no trouble believing they can close the deal with many others.

falcolas 6y ago
Yeah, cross-server emoji are shockingly valuable to me as well. Some servers just have terrible custom emojii, and having a choice of some non-terrible emoji is worth the price. I blame Slack for my custom-emoji-response addiction; Discord just weaponized it.
- Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
  I wish Slack had better portability of custom emoji. There's no blessed API for adding/exporting emoji.
- echelon 6y ago
  It's 2020 and I can't believe we're paying for emoji. I'm not blaming you. I get it. I'm blaming the world we live in. Emoji are not innovation.
  - madeofpalk 6y ago
    No one said they're an innovation. Just that people value them.
  - kixiQu 6y ago
    What I find irritating is the absence of what Chinese/Korean/Japanese apps have: a curated sticker market where the platform takes a cut of money that goes to the IP holder (brand or artist).
    - lpa22 6y ago
      well - looks like you're in luck https://www.engadget.com/discord-stickers-135019389.html https://www.engadget.com/discord-stickers-135019389.html
  - nexuist 6y ago
    Is art not valuable? Is it not worth paying for? Obviously random emoji is not the Mona Lisa, but having pictures of your friends making funny poses or faces etc. certainly increases the value of a conversation. It's also completely optional; not being able to use such emoji won't negatively impact your experience. It will however make you really jealous of all your friends that can use those emoji, and FOMO sets in until you too join the club just so you can be the first to react with a funny emote for the situation at hand. I also like having GIF profile icons.
  - ByteJockey 6y ago
    Paying for cosmetic features has been, traditionally, one of the monetization models in gaming (which discord is inherently intertwined with) that ends up the least scummy.
  - NineStarPoint 6y ago
    Emoji are in the sweet spot where if you can’t use special emoji you don’t really care, but some people find them shiny enough to pay for. It’s not innovation, but it’s definitely a perfect target for monetization.
  - Polylactic_acid 6y ago
    You're not paying for emoji, your paying for an incredible product that provides a lot of value. Emoji is just one feature they hold back to tempt you to pay for the amazing thing you have been given for free. It sounds greedy when you word it "paying for emoji" when in reality they are incredibly generous for holding back no core functionality from free users.

falcolas 6y ago

Yeah, cross-server emoji are shockingly valuable to me as well. Some servers just have terrible custom emojii, and having a choice of some non-terrible emoji is worth the price. I blame Slack for my custom-emoji-response addiction; Discord just weaponized it.

Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I wish Slack had better portability of custom emoji. There's no blessed API for adding/exporting emoji.
echelon 6y ago
It's 2020 and I can't believe we're paying for emoji. I'm not blaming you. I get it. I'm blaming the world we live in. Emoji are not innovation.
- madeofpalk 6y ago
  No one said they're an innovation. Just that people value them.
- kixiQu 6y ago
  What I find irritating is the absence of what Chinese/Korean/Japanese apps have: a curated sticker market where the platform takes a cut of money that goes to the IP holder (brand or artist).
  - lpa22 6y ago
    well - looks like you're in luck https://www.engadget.com/discord-stickers-135019389.html https://www.engadget.com/discord-stickers-135019389.html
- nexuist 6y ago
  Is art not valuable? Is it not worth paying for? Obviously random emoji is not the Mona Lisa, but having pictures of your friends making funny poses or faces etc. certainly increases the value of a conversation. It's also completely optional; not being able to use such emoji won't negatively impact your experience. It will however make you really jealous of all your friends that can use those emoji, and FOMO sets in until you too join the club just so you can be the first to react with a funny emote for the situation at hand. I also like having GIF profile icons.
- ByteJockey 6y ago
  Paying for cosmetic features has been, traditionally, one of the monetization models in gaming (which discord is inherently intertwined with) that ends up the least scummy.
- NineStarPoint 6y ago
  Emoji are in the sweet spot where if you can’t use special emoji you don’t really care, but some people find them shiny enough to pay for. It’s not innovation, but it’s definitely a perfect target for monetization.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  You're not paying for emoji, your paying for an incredible product that provides a lot of value. Emoji is just one feature they hold back to tempt you to pay for the amazing thing you have been given for free. It sounds greedy when you word it "paying for emoji" when in reality they are incredibly generous for holding back no core functionality from free users.