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by edgyquant 1763 days ago
I don't think discord is looking for buyers though. If they were they would have sold to Microsoft.
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Microsoft offered $12 billion. They set the floor, and now Discord is trying to raise it. Nothing about this makes sense, unless Discord plans to offer premium bots they control or something along those lines.

A real-world example I base this on: Twitter started squeezing developers after the IPO in ways that only make sense for a company that wants to control the experience for monetization purposes. They were desperate to justify their stock to investors. Discord might be on the same track.