dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoDiscord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'www.pcgamer.comdirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square213fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarechipt4@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoBut they went in order of sign up, so if they had used this model from the beginning those users still wouldn’t have been able to get that username.
minus-squareHER0@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNot necessarily true. Celebrities and Nitro subscribers also got early picks, and it isn’t like they wait for each person one-by-one: you are in a bucket with others who might get to your preferred username before you.
But they went in order of sign up, so if they had used this model from the beginning those users still wouldn’t have been able to get that username.
Not necessarily true. Celebrities and Nitro subscribers also got early picks, and it isn’t like they wait for each person one-by-one: you are in a bucket with others who might get to your preferred username before you.