[slightwinder]

Is there any real business going over discord & telegram? I've only seen scammer, illegal porn and conspiracy believers sell through those channels. Legit Influencers are usually using patreon, onlyfans or similar platforms.

[dreyfan]

Sure there’s loads of ICO groups, NFT groups, cook groups for shoe/ps5 drops, meme stock option traders, etc. Oh wait you already covered “scammer”.

[nftartfund]

Haha that's so true, the NFT ecosystems roots are with discord. It's great for communicating with your core audience

[lmm]

I'm in a fan community on discord, paying via a YouTube subscription (urgh). I wouldn't call it "real business" in the sense that it's probably less than minimum wage for the host, but it's something I'm legitimately happy to pay for. It's a much better community hangout than patreon or onlyfans.

[zachaden]

It seems like it; I have stumbled upon traders that are willing to help each other. Some traders sell membership for the members to receive "trade signals." They won't bother making a business model like this if you can monetize on discord.

[icelancer]

A lot of legit Patreons use Discord as a perk, so it exists. But it's small potatoes.

[eswat]

It depends on your niche. I'm a part of some optionally-paid Discord servers where I've never encountered a bot DM. But these aren't in niches where botting is rampant, like crypto and gaming.

[schnevets]

I Patreon a podcast that has a private Discord for subscribers, and it is a great community. It seems like folks who like this particular podcast have a lot of things in common, and the paywall prevents toxic behavior.

I also know a professional* dungeon master who uses Discord to keep customers organized. I'm sure he could accomplish this coordination with e-mail and a spreadsheet, but Discord seems to cultivate community as a side-benefit.

*No, this isn't his fulltime job, but it seems to justify the amount of time/brainpower spent on Game Design/RP Writing efforts. And, yet again, charging folks a bit of money for membership puts them on their best behavior.

[MonaroVXR]

Gamemakerstoolkit is a good one. I hate to pay, to be in a Discord server.

[nvr219]

some mechanical keyboard companies run discord servers to offer order / tech support and various loyalty programs.