CNBC: Inside Discord - The Gaming Chat Platform That's Bigger Than Slack

[satam55]

Discord, a free chat app designed for gamers, has been rapidly growing since it launched in 2015. According to the company, it has 250 million user accounts, about the same as Fortnite, plus 14 million daily active users, which is more than business chat-app Slack.

It allows users to chat privately in groups that cannot be discovered through searches. Although the company markets itself explicitly to gamers, it has servers devoted to everything from stock trading to meme sharing and fantasy football.

Discord’s emphasis on privacy has attracted hate groups such as white supremacists who used the platform to organize the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Watch the video to get an inside look at Discord, and the story of its rapid growth.

 

[Supercoolmayo]

Still wondering how its free.

They gotta be selling user data

 

[Strapped]

Who & how is the server bill being paid

 

[Lord Beasley]

Who & how is the server bill being paid

wouldnt you like to know

 

[The Fukin Prophecy]

Still wondering how its free.

They gotta be selling user data

Aka the Facebook payment plan...

The user base is the product...

 

[daze23]

Still wondering how its free.

They gotta be selling user data

they've said they won't use advertisements, or sell user data

they take donations from users, and recently launched a premium paid service (Nitro). they also have a bunch of investors

Decoded: How does Discord Make Money? | NCrypted Websites Blog

Soon after its launch in 2015, the Discord managed to generate funds through a series of investments. The first major breakthrough came in January 2016 when they officially answered the unanswered question of how Discord is earning with an announcement that they have raised $20 million from people who helped massive companies like Riot, Snapchat & Twitter. This investment helped them incorporate the video chat & screen sharing features which were widely anticipated.

In 2017, Index Ventures, Spark Capital & some other groups invested further $50 million into Discord. Earlier this year, Discord managed to gain another $50 million from Spark Capital, GreyLock Partners, Benchmark Capital and others.

 

[He Who Posts Well]

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[GoldenGlove]

Still wondering how its free.

They gotta be selling user data

Whenever you use a site or application and there isn't a product or service to purchase, you the user is more than likely what is being sold