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> I would define ads as promoting other businesses' products, as you would see on YouTube etc.

They do that, they call them "quests". Companies pay them to promote their product/service and users get rewards for doing a task (like playing a game, watching a video, etc.) https://discord.com/ads/quests

The article that parent linked even says it.




Are they personalized? Is Discord in the business of selling user data to feed personalized ads to them?


Wow,

* please drink verification can




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