Discord News | Oct 03, 2024
Discord has opened its Activities platform to all developers, allowing them to build, launch, and monetize games and interactive experiences directly on Discord...
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Discord
🌎 discord.comFounded in 2015, Discord is a voice, video, and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests. With 200 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, Discord has become one of the most popular communications services in the world, built without selling ads or user data. It offers a premium subscription called Nitro for enhanced features.
Updates as of Oct 03, 2024
- Discord has opened its Activities platform to all developers, allowing them to build, launch, and monetize games and interactive experiences directly on Discord.
- Discord introduced a feature to forward posts and attachments directly without using links or screenshots.
- Discord is launching Video Quests, its second ad format, to grow its ad business and balance revenue with subscriptions ahead of a potential IPO.
- Discord has been ordered by Russia to remove 'LGBT propaganda' and fined 3.5 million rubles as part of a broader crackdown on free speech.
- On October 1, 2024, Discord released a patch that includes a new Soundboard UI on desktop and support for playing Animated WebP attachments on web and desktop platforms.
- Russia fined Discord $37,500 and demanded the deletion of 947 posts deemed illegal, with potential for a complete ban.
- Discord has introduced new end-to-end encryption for audio and video calls using the DAVE Protocol, vetted by Trail of Bits.
- In September 2024, Discord faced eight new complaints from Roskomnadzor, risking potential blockage in Russia due to legal violations.
- Discord announced that all developers can now build, launch, and monetize games and experiences directly on the platform.
- Discord is currently seeking a Director of Business Development, Gaming in the United States.
- Discord will debut its new advertising solution, Quests, at Advertising Week NYC and host a party on October 9 with DJ music, themed drinks, and exclusive merch.
- At the Tokyo Game Show, Discord's Co-Founder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy discussed the future of multiplayer gaming with Sony and EA representatives, while SVP of Global Partnerships Kelly Liang talked about maximizing game potential on Discord.
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