this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
87 points (98.9% liked)

Games

16742 readers
806 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works
87
Discord to start showing ads in-app this week - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

In early March 2024, Discord revealed that “sponsored quests”, or ads would be added to the platform to help “support game developers” through the popular chat app. 

Discord didn’t initially share a release date, or even how they’re going to implement ads into Discord’s overall design, other than mentioning that the sponsored quests would “tastefully” be integrated. 

A report from The Wall Street Journal claims that Discord’s sponsored quests will be landing on the platform this week, and will be displayed at the bottom left of the app.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In addition, they're forcing binding arbitration on anybody who doesn't opt out.

To opt out, you need to send an email within 30 days of the day they go into effect. They go into effect on April 15th so you have until May 15th to opt out.

That means if you have a reason to sue Discord, you're forbidden from doing it. Instead you're required to use an arbitrator. Whatever they decide is official. But, don't worry, even though Discord pays for the arbitrator and relies on them for repeat business, the arbitrator is definitely neutral.

https://lemmy.world/post/13764695?scrollToComments=true

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

What is the point of consumer protection laws if businesses can just write "nuh-uh?"