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Reading the article it sounds to me a lot less like double-dipping than the headline implies: it's not planned to use a "typical" ad network but instead a spons

Reading the article it sounds to me a lot less like double-dipping than the headline implies: it's not planned to use a "typical" ad network but instead a sponsorship program similar to "Twitch Drops" (Twitch: watch a streamer play a sponsored game's streams get in game/in Twitch cosmetics; Discord: play a sponsored game while friends watch in Discord and get in game/in Discord cosmetics). Even if it wasn't "opt out" (and the article claims there will be a button to turn it off, but does not know if that will only be a Nitro option or what), it's still specifically devoted enough to the "gaming" side of Discord that it sounds like these "ads" it will just bleed into the background for non-gamers that use Discord like most of the rest of Discord's gaming specific features. (Just like the Game Store that Discord briefly attempted and proved unprofitable and was just about as quickly dropped. Most of my friends at the time didn't even notice Discord had a Game Store.)

WorldMaker 3y ago
Looking for something else, I stumbled onto the first of these "ads" (for a game called The Finals) called "Quests". Their "home" where they display the biggest is User Settings > Gift Inventory. It may also sometimes appear as a banner just above the "voice chat status". Apparently it is more likely to show up if you've played the game in question or are streaming in a chat channel. You can hide an individual banner from the ellipsis menu and Hide Me. You can disable the Quests feature entirely from User Settings > Privacy & Safety > In-game Rewards (aka Quests). Here's the full official documentation on Quests (with screenshots of all the above): https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/22225719947543-Discord-Quests-FAQ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/22225719947543...
- squigz 3y ago
  Thanks for the info! I'm a fairly hardcore opponent of ads, but this seems reasonable enough for now, especially if there's a setting for it. As always, there's the possibility of the platform going to shit with ads and whatnot, but it seems like people are getting upset about something relatively innocent.

WorldMaker 3y ago

Looking for something else, I stumbled onto the first of these "ads" (for a game called The Finals) called "Quests". Their "home" where they display the biggest is User Settings > Gift Inventory. It may also sometimes appear as a banner just above the "voice chat status". Apparently it is more likely to show up if you've played the game in question or are streaming in a chat channel. You can hide an individual banner from the ellipsis menu and Hide Me. You can disable the Quests feature entirely from User Settings > Privacy & Safety > In-game Rewards (aka Quests). Here's the full official documentation on Quests (with screenshots of all the above): https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/22225719947543-Discord-Quests-FAQ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/22225719947543...

squigz 3y ago
Thanks for the info! I'm a fairly hardcore opponent of ads, but this seems reasonable enough for now, especially if there's a setting for it. As always, there's the possibility of the platform going to shit with ads and whatnot, but it seems like people are getting upset about something relatively innocent.