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Is there any real business going over discord & telegram? I've only seen scammer, illegal porn and conspiracy believers sell through those channels. Legit Influ

Is there any real business going over discord & telegram? I've only seen scammer, illegal porn and conspiracy believers sell through those channels. Legit Influencers are usually using patreon, onlyfans or similar platforms.

MonaroVXR 5y ago
Gamemakerstoolkit is a good one. I hate to pay, to be in a Discord server.
zachaden 5y ago
It seems like it; I have stumbled upon traders that are willing to help each other. Some traders sell membership for the members to receive "trade signals." They won't bother making a business model like this if you can monetize on discord.
dreyfan 5y ago
Sure there’s loads of ICO groups, NFT groups, cook groups for shoe/ps5 drops, meme stock option traders, etc. Oh wait you already covered “scammer”.
- nftartfund 5y ago
  Haha that's so true, the NFT ecosystems roots are with discord. It's great for communicating with your core audience
schnevets 5y ago
I Patreon a podcast that has a private Discord for subscribers, and it is a great community. It seems like folks who like this particular podcast have a lot of things in common, and the paywall prevents toxic behavior. I also know a professional* dungeon master who uses Discord to keep customers organized. I'm sure he could accomplish this coordination with e-mail and a spreadsheet, but Discord seems to cultivate community as a side-benefit. *No, this isn't his fulltime job, but it seems to justify the amount of time/brainpower spent on Game Design/RP Writing efforts. And, yet again, charging folks a bit of money for membership puts them on their best behavior.
eswat 5y ago
It depends on your niche. I'm a part of some optionally-paid Discord servers where I've never encountered a bot DM. But these aren't in niches where botting is rampant, like crypto and gaming.
nvr219 5y ago
some mechanical keyboard companies run discord servers to offer order / tech support and various loyalty programs.
icelancer 5y ago
A lot of legit Patreons use Discord as a perk, so it exists. But it's small potatoes.
lmm 5y ago
I'm in a fan community on discord, paying via a YouTube subscription (urgh). I wouldn't call it "real business" in the sense that it's probably less than minimum wage for the host, but it's something I'm legitimately happy to pay for. It's a much better community hangout than patreon or onlyfans.

MonaroVXR 5y ago

Gamemakerstoolkit is a good one. I hate to pay, to be in a Discord server.

zachaden 5y ago

It seems like it; I have stumbled upon traders that are willing to help each other. Some traders sell membership for the members to receive "trade signals." They won't bother making a business model like this if you can monetize on discord.

dreyfan 5y ago

Sure there’s loads of ICO groups, NFT groups, cook groups for shoe/ps5 drops, meme stock option traders, etc. Oh wait you already covered “scammer”.

nftartfund 5y ago
Haha that's so true, the NFT ecosystems roots are with discord. It's great for communicating with your core audience

schnevets 5y ago

I Patreon a podcast that has a private Discord for subscribers, and it is a great community. It seems like folks who like this particular podcast have a lot of things in common, and the paywall prevents toxic behavior. I also know a professional* dungeon master who uses Discord to keep customers organized. I'm sure he could accomplish this coordination with e-mail and a spreadsheet, but Discord seems to cultivate community as a side-benefit. *No, this isn't his fulltime job, but it seems to justify the amount of time/brainpower spent on Game Design/RP Writing efforts. And, yet again, charging folks a bit of money for membership puts them on their best behavior.

eswat 5y ago

It depends on your niche. I'm a part of some optionally-paid Discord servers where I've never encountered a bot DM. But these aren't in niches where botting is rampant, like crypto and gaming.

nvr219 5y ago

some mechanical keyboard companies run discord servers to offer order / tech support and various loyalty programs.

icelancer 5y ago

A lot of legit Patreons use Discord as a perk, so it exists. But it's small potatoes.

lmm 5y ago

I'm in a fan community on discord, paying via a YouTube subscription (urgh). I wouldn't call it "real business" in the sense that it's probably less than minimum wage for the host, but it's something I'm legitimately happy to pay for. It's a much better community hangout than patreon or onlyfans.