I do think Discord has a better story when it comes to it being able to monetize cleanly. They have clear and useful features to sell, and have done so decently

I do think Discord has a better story when it comes to it being able to monetize cleanly. They have clear and useful features to sell, and have done so decently successfully as far as I know. It's not to say that they won't get worse, but they seem to be starting from a better baseline understanding between them and their users about what's on offer. They've also just got a better baseline product and seem to be taking better care of it than Reddit ever did.