Discord raises $100M at $3.5B valuation

Honestly, this raises a lot of questions in terms of profitability. They've attempted multiple different revenue streams (Nitro, Server Boosts, they even had a steam competitor at one point with a game store) and yet they haven't been able to generate 100m between their late-2018-but-really-2019 [0] round of 150m? I can't imagine that right now would be a great time to raise either.

0. https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/21/gaming-chat-startup-discor...

I've been wondering for a while why Discord won't take on Slack. They would only need to undercut the monthly price and offer an enterprise version with the gaming memes and content cut out. Discord is similar enough to Slack that teams would have no trouble migrating either.

I love Discord, and I'm glad for them to be doing well, but their recent blog post about BLM and their new "safety" initiatives as mentioned in this article are 100% performative.

Reporting abuse on Discord is a farcically complex process that involves enabling debug mode, copying an obscure message ID, and filling out a hard-to-find support website form. There's no technical reason you couldn't report abuse with a right-click action, or at least with a button in the app itself.[1]

Unless and until they fix that, any initiative Discord takes on "justice" or "safety" is empty words to me.

[1] https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000291932-H...

I don’t see why they are sticking with the nitro boost model. As a regular user of Discord none of the Nitro perks come even close to enticing me to part with my hard earned cash. They need to find a tangible add-on product that adds functionality, not tied to performance, to start getting people to start paying imo