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Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads (discord.com)
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[–] warm@kbin.earth 73 points 3 days ago (7 children)

You couldn't be more wrong.

People actually use the shop. they are spending $10-20 on a profile picture border. Now you are telling them that they can get them for "free"? You bet people will do it. Paid cosmetics have poisoned minds.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Ehhhh I see people with Nitro-included cosmetics but not a lot that have the individually-purchased cosmetics. They exist, sure, but not even close to as many.

I mod a server with 40,000 users and I'm scrolling through the member list as I type this. Majority are either unsubbed accounts or they have the cheap basic Nitro. A lot of the cosmetics I am seeing are the free ones they've given away in recent events. Not many users have full Nitro and have their profiles all decked out with additional cosmetics.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have the "touch grass" one from April Fool's day. It's pretty funny.

I paid $30 for a year of Nitro basic. I don't think I'll do it again. All the actually useful features for me (longer messages and bigger uploads) are behind the more expensive one, and it's not worth it.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The only feature I would care about with nitro is using emojis everywhere but that feature isn't worth any amount of money let alone whatever discord is charging for it

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