Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by robbiet480 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @03:20AM (#28298869)

Interesting to read that Discord has received higher offers than previously reported, as high as $18 billion, yet Jason refuses to sell and hopes to go public. Good for him to sticking to his guns, I don’t think I could say no to $18 billion!

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by bagels on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:43PM (#28310007)

It's a chat app. I cannot imagine not selling for an offer like that. Your opportunities for what to do next would be unbounded.

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by twhb on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:49PM (#28310046)

Not if you’d sell them too :)

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by Barrin92 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:14AM (#28310639)

opportunities aren't really a function of money in particular in the software world. You need a good project, good people and whatnot, but you don't need 18 billion dollars for your next company.

In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy. A lot of ideas are the products of inventiveness in the face of constraints and a sense of urgency. There is a lot of super-wealthy 30 year olds that have emerged out of the big IPOs and a lot of them have basically retired.

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by Broken_Hippo on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:46AM (#28312648)

"In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy"

Honestly, that sounds like propaganda telling poor people to be happier with their lot in life. Who says they'd put 18 billion towards their next company anyway?

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by fsloth on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:06AM (#28311555)

Retiring is not bad. Some complex and deep ideas cannot be brought to fruit in urgency but need years of mulling over.

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by bagels on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:06AM (#28311553)

I don't expect every billionaire to do things of this nature, but I counter with Bill Gates and Elon Musk.

Myself? Definitely retirement. And race cars.

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by vimy on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:51PM (#28310063)

If they find a way to make discord a central part of the (VR) metaverse it will be worth a lot more. I could see them launching a competitor to Facebook’s Horizon. It makes a lot of sense.

Context: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/mark-zuck...

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/announcing-a-1-bil...

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by jtsiskin on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:37PM (#28309969)

Slack was acquired for $27.7 billion. It will be interesting to see where Discord can exit.

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by ouid on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:43PM (#28310002)

I mean, as soon as the platform IPOs, I'm going to move to something else. It is the way.

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Re:Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else by scumcity on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:50PM (#28310059)

From his perspective: he is set regardless. Much better to ride out the amazing windfall of his own creation than vesting in peace at some mediocre ladder-driven megacorp.

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