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This title is clickbait and misrepresents something Discord had for years as "ads": "Discord Drops" are in-game challenges (originally just "stream this game f
by smileybarry 3y ago
This title is clickbait and misrepresents something Discord had for years as "ads":
"Discord Drops" are in-game challenges (originally just "stream this game for X minutes to at least 1 viewer") that grant you a key for some in-game promo content, like an item skin. They had a cross-promotion with Halo Infinite in 2022 that did this:
https://afkgaming.com/esports/guide/discord-drops-how-to-set-up-and-redeem https://afkgaming.com/esports/guide/discord-drops-how-to-set...
The setting for this has existed for over 2 years now. It's just very, very underutilized. From the looks of things, they've just probably got more game companies on board this time:
> “The paid promotions are from videogame makers and will offer users gifts for completing in-game tasks while their friends watch on Discord,”