something i think we should be worried about is not only the potential of discord selling virtual currency, but also the fact that if they do, they're probably going to start charging that virtual currency for nitro so they can obfuscate the actual price of nitro and make any price changes harder to notice
damn that's kinda smart if they will pull that off actually, one thing i have to wonder though what's the dollar and discord virtual currency exchange? like how much a single token is worth
@@Nyandertall true! its a step in the right direction, but I still feel like it could be better, especially with how little free rewards discord gives out
Precisely. I believe they started this way as I still have the Lost Ark avatar decoration (which I had no desire to play but did so anyways for the quest). Now that they are temporary I couldn't care less.
@@galaxyrunaway same. I love my cute lost ark buddy avatar and id honestly try the other games if the avatars lasted forever. hell id try them if they at least lasted a year because by then ill probably have a new picture to use a new frame
How I would want this to work: - If you buy a cosmetic with coins, you get to keep it, period. - If you "buy" Nitro or a Nitro feature with coins, you can use it for a period of time, maybe 24 hours, maybe 3 days, who knows. Having rented out premium features sounds alright, but renting out cosmetics is kind of just stupid, which is why I fear that's exactly how they'll do it. Imagine if you were playing a video game, you earned enough currency being F2P to get a skin, and then the game said "haha, that's cool and all, but you can only use that skin for a week before you have to grind again."
Unfortunately, there are already several free to play games which have this. Not just for cosmetics either. APB and Warface are two particularly bad examples, at least when I played. The latter has lootboxes to unlock most weapons (not just skins) where the most common drop is a "one hour" version. "One day" and "one week" exist too, but that's still a problem with how permanent unlocks have an unreasonably small chance. The former is the same but for non-lootbox purchases.
i think the main reason people dislike quests is because it means that discord considers advertising as an option quests are realistically one of the most tame forms of ads of all time, but it introduces a potential to ramp up the advertising personally i don't mind a few non-invasive ads on a free service
I really think services like UA-cam and discord would be better if they copied Wikipedias style. There are almost certainly enough people willing to chip in if needed, and nitro is a good way to achieve that. Although there have been critiques of the overboarding pleads from wikipedia, the concept works and they have enough money gathered to keep it up for over a decade. And I can't imagine Discord takes a lot more than Wikipedia, as both are mostly text with smaller files uploaded. Edit: with Wikipedias style, I mean becoming a non-profit
@@Parciwal_Gaming youtube and discord are not sustainable by donations. bot require a ton of data storage and bandwidth. wikipedia is very light on both, being static pages
@@jordanwardle11 I can see that with UA-cam, but Discord? It's mostly text based with 25mb file upload. The most intense thing would be voice calls, and From the amount of money Wikipedia collects compared too what they actually need, I could very well see the same working for discord.
Wow music checkmark, just thought I would say, this little icon is nothing special, all you have to do is distribute 1 release (can even be shitty noise) to youtube music then apply for an Official Artist Channel.. might take a couple months but then, ta-da
They could probably add a limit where like you can receive over like 500 a day or you cant receive from 10 other people in 1 week to avoid alting or only allow aged accounts which will eventually also break
ive been since 2017, and same. was gifted nitro like 2 or 3 times, and i only used the gif stuff and emojis everywhere, thats about it. Revolt chat does that for free.. kinda wanna migrate there,,,,
Or call them Fucks, so when you have none left you can say "I have no Fucks left to give" which would nicely sum up companies' stance on their consumers.
That was the most confusing, gambling-focused set of features that I have ever seen, let alone on a messaging app... Does anyone remember the good ol times of Discord just being a messaging app?
Something that Discord could do is if you have nitro you can gift a couple perks to friends every renewal, which is good for the friends because they can get some free nitro perks, and good for Discord because then those people will want to use it again so they buy nitro
I will never understand how people don't see things like that as a form of psychological manipulation, which is literally what it is. They are in essance treating a subscription service like an addictive drug, and trying to get you hooked. "Hey champ, I told your buddy over there he wasn't alowed to use this smidgen of Nitro (cocaine), but he can give it to you, so were cool. What's that? You want more Nitro (cocaine), sure thing, just give me a hundred dollars."
@@theairaccumulator7144 You can gift 3 friends Nitro perks for 2 weeks if you have Nitro membership. Tried to find it on mobile, but the option is there for PC and browser
"Lets go gambling!" "Lets go gambling!" "GAMBLING GAMBLING" "IS THAT ALL YOU EVER SAY?" "IS THAT ALL I HEAR ANYMORE?" "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE" "I HATE GAMBLI-"
well this can go two ways, either their IPO crashes and they need years to clean up the mess they made proceeding it (see Deutsche Bahn) or they go through and the platform will slowly die until a reasonable competitor comes by, with only people still on there that don't know about the new platform or don't want to change for some reason (see facebook, telegram, skype)
Trying to go to the stock market has already ruined the Deutsche Bahn. If Discord became a non-profit and asked, published their earnings and expenses, and asked for donations if needed, I think they would get what they need and provide a better service.
About loot boxes in the EU They are considered gambling only if you need to directly pay money for them. (Or have an ability to do so like in overwatch)
The thing with gambling in EU is that its specifically if you need to purchase them with real money. Assuming you cannot buy D-Bucks and can only earn it, I dont think EU has a problem with it.
well, the free nitro is real (kind of) 😭 there's a quest going on (apparently not shown for everyone?) where you can stream an activity to someone for 15 minutes then you get discord nitro (not basic) for a week/day. can confirm this is real considering i did said quest a couple of hours ago and actually got said nitro
Tbf, that could always be client side hardware or cheep peripherals issue. If you stop using the crusty mic that comes with your dollar store dirty buds, you'll probably sound considerably better. And yes, your phone mic counts as a crusty mic...
Question: If someone pays for a full nitro already and they don't care about avatar decorations, then all they get is the ability to boost the server (they're already boosting the server with full nitro) or to giveaway the coins? Cool, but nitro users are getting the short end of the stick. Sure, the stacking benefit of getting additional coins per nitro renewal is great but I'd like to see more premium use of these rather than stuff that people might already have or don't care about.
I am wishing there was a Vencord plugging to disable those Discord Profile Accessories. I find them so freaking annoying, and I only use Discord to talk to people.
I'm not sure if the loot boxes thing will work out well for discord unless they were only obtainable through free coins because Australia just banned paid loot boxes in games and games related stuff. The UK has also just banned paid loot boxes in any games and related stuff too but only for under 18s but considering discord is 13+ and has a lot of UK and Australian users who are young they could get into some trouble.
Discord still has a majority of the quests where I, someone on MacOS, can't do them without the spoofing exploit because the games have no Mac support. Also, I'd rather buy the cosmetics outright. I don't want them temporarily. I think that free monthly permanent cosmetics as part of Nitro would work pretty well since people would buy nitro just for the monthly cosmetic.
the only thing that bothers me is how can mobile users complete this without the game activity on the mobile environment. I really hope discord devs find a way to actually make it work for both platforms
Ah yes Friday NTTS video. Question, on the D-bucks it says you can get d-bucks for connections 3rd party platforms, but wasn;t that a way someone was hacked or something a few months ago? I think you mentioned it as part of a video. If that's the case, what are they doing to ensure that people's info/servers/connections etc are going to be safe?
I was thinking they could maybe make it so you could buy avatar customization or Nitro with this virtual currency EXCEPT.. Considering in the video, it's shown you'll only be able to get those for a limited time if you use the currency, maybe make it so you can also choose to buy it permanently except it's gonna be more expensive than just buying it for a limited time, if that makes sense? For example, imagine you want to buy an avatar customization using virtual currency. It'll be cheaper if you select to buy it for a limited time, and a little bit more expensive if you select to buy it permanently.
100$ = Get all the things for a year. 1$ = 12 hours of 1 specific thing = 2$ a day for that thing = 730$ over 365 days for (technically not even ownership) of one thing... I love paying more proportionally for less, fuck yeah!
about the message effects.... could they mean something like italic writing? like all the secret effects you can do with the special symbols "*_~" and more if they turn a basic chat function into LIMITED marketing then it's soooo much less enjoyable to chat with others
something i think we should be worried about is not only the potential of discord selling virtual currency, but also the fact that if they do, they're probably going to start charging that virtual currency for nitro so they can obfuscate the actual price of nitro and make any price changes harder to notice
speaking the truth right here
damn that's kinda smart if they will pull that off actually, one thing i have to wonder though
what's the dollar and discord virtual currency exchange? like how much a single token is worth
I think you're onto something right there
homestuck
Well the EU may soon ban that practise. Though it's a hard "maybe".
Discord currency, great. Can’t wait for 19$ D-Buck Cards!
lol
💀
19$ discord card hell yeah
lol
Discord hasnt been innovating at all and is falling behind.
I see "free" and "nitro" on the same video title. I click. I’m a simple man
Especially if it's NTTS
And then they always require payment information 💀
balls
real
lmao
why would anyone ever want TEMPORARY customization lmfao. so greedy
I DO! I DO!
better temporary than never
@@Nyandertallthat's insane to me
@@Nyandertall true! its a step in the right direction, but I still feel like it could be better, especially with how little free rewards discord gives out
@@Nyandertallyour name fits your mentality
This quest system makes my head hurt. Maybe I'm a Discord boomer, but I miss the times when the app wasn't so bloated. It's already bad enough to run
I agree, especially because quests are glorified advertisements
Remember when discord was marketed as a platform without ads?
Facts. With all the time a person might spend doing quests and earning coins, you might as well just get a job to pay for nitro.
@@sunsetter5832yeah, we all remember that campaign, their greed stopped them from delivering on their initial promise.
It's not that difficult to figure out... ?
Frrr
"Prank a friend" sounds like a bannable offense on any server I'd be a moderator on.
"You used this feature out-of-server? BANNED!"
I do not care about quests because the rewards are temporary. If they gave permanent rewards, I'd go out of my way to do them.
Precisely. I believe they started this way as I still have the Lost Ark avatar decoration (which I had no desire to play but did so anyways for the quest). Now that they are temporary I couldn't care less.
@@galaxyrunaway same. I love my cute lost ark buddy avatar and id honestly try the other games if the avatars lasted forever. hell id try them if they at least lasted a year because by then ill probably have a new picture to use a new frame
🙌
Wait but like then they won’t get as much money
Tf is a MESSAGING APP doing with coins 💀
3 coins per message
But you see the messaging app is for gamers
@@novisla That's what Discord used to be.
Have you see LINE? They're even more insano mode with it.
Snapchat has been doing the same thing with snapchat +
Step 1. Create 1000 alts
Step 2. Get them to send all their coins to you
Step 3. Profit
How I would want this to work:
- If you buy a cosmetic with coins, you get to keep it, period.
- If you "buy" Nitro or a Nitro feature with coins, you can use it for a period of time, maybe 24 hours, maybe 3 days, who knows.
Having rented out premium features sounds alright, but renting out cosmetics is kind of just stupid, which is why I fear that's exactly how they'll do it. Imagine if you were playing a video game, you earned enough currency being F2P to get a skin, and then the game said "haha, that's cool and all, but you can only use that skin for a week before you have to grind again."
Unfortunately, there are already several free to play games which have this. Not just for cosmetics either.
APB and Warface are two particularly bad examples, at least when I played.
The latter has lootboxes to unlock most weapons (not just skins) where the most common drop is a "one hour" version. "One day" and "one week" exist too, but that's still a problem with how permanent unlocks have an unreasonably small chance. The former is the same but for non-lootbox purchases.
limited time f2p cosmetics is a thing though.
and it sucks your point @@Landcot
@@vissleragrees if i have to get limited cosmetics just throw me a trial card
i think the main reason people dislike quests is because it means that discord considers advertising as an option
quests are realistically one of the most tame forms of ads of all time, but it introduces a potential to ramp up the advertising
personally i don't mind a few non-invasive ads on a free service
I really think services like UA-cam and discord would be better if they copied Wikipedias style. There are almost certainly enough people willing to chip in if needed, and nitro is a good way to achieve that.
Although there have been critiques of the overboarding pleads from wikipedia, the concept works and they have enough money gathered to keep it up for over a decade.
And I can't imagine Discord takes a lot more than Wikipedia, as both are mostly text with smaller files uploaded.
Edit: with Wikipedias style, I mean becoming a non-profit
@@Parciwal_Gaming they're already doing that with nitro & premium lol
@@Parciwal_Gaming youtube and discord are not sustainable by donations. bot require a ton of data storage and bandwidth. wikipedia is very light on both, being static pages
@@jordanwardle11 I can see that with UA-cam, but Discord?
It's mostly text based with 25mb file upload. The most intense thing would be voice calls, and From the amount of money Wikipedia collects compared too what they actually need, I could very well see the same working for discord.
@@Parciwal_Gaming i dont think its fair to compare youtube to wikipedia, they are very different!
love when discord makes a good feature and overshadows it by a shitty feature
wow music checkmark
wow music checkmark
wow music checkmark
why whenever I comment someone starts a chain of anything
Wow music checkmark, just thought I would say, this little icon is nothing special, all you have to do is distribute 1 release (can even be shitty noise) to youtube music then apply for an Official Artist Channel.. might take a couple months but then, ta-da
Those message effects would be a huge accessibility issue :/ they better be disabled with reduced animations.
I can definitely see them being abused, especially in raids
Discord currency? The D-Buck economy is going to crash on the first day itself.. 💀
They could probably add a limit where like you can receive over like 500 a day or you cant receive from 10 other people in 1 week to avoid alting or only allow aged accounts which will eventually also break
@@BlueLeaf fuck them discord dont avoid alting
Been on discord since 2016 and never even thought about buying nitro even ONCE. This is beyond stupid and a waste of money.
Congratulations pal but we dont care if you pay or not, being on discord for 8 years isn't the flex you think it is ☠️
ive been since 2017, and same. was gifted nitro like 2 or 3 times, and i only used the gif stuff and emojis everywhere, thats about it. Revolt chat does that for free.. kinda wanna migrate there,,,,
The only reason I’d use nitro is to upload bigger media stuff
I've been in discord since 2020
I've bought nitro gift cards from various gray market sites at like $2 each but I've never given Discord the full amount of money
People are calling these D-Bucks but I see this as the opportunity to call them Ducks
YAGPDB would be so mad
Or call them Fucks, so when you have none left you can say "I have no Fucks left to give" which would nicely sum up companies' stance on their consumers.
Discord is really out here breaking down cigarette packs to sell singles.
its funny when discord makes a good feature and overshadows it with a bad feature
NO FUCKING WAY MY TWITTER POST APPEARED ON AN NTTS VIDEO
Congo
Fr?
Lucky!
That was the most confusing, gambling-focused set of features that I have ever seen, let alone on a messaging app... Does anyone remember the good ol times of Discord just being a messaging app?
I do
It's still just a messaging program for me.
discord for me is no longer a messaging app
Discord is slowly turning to what was Amino..
Holy shit, Amino. That's a name I haven't seen in a while, and yeah definitely, it's slowly turning.
THIS UNLOCKED SOME MEMORIES JESUS CHRIST
Oh god, not Amino 😭
What's Amino?
@@YB._you don’t wanna know… (who else was doing stuff they were definitely too young to do on amino, or was that just me?)
free nitro is always never free nitro
As a wise man said: Nothing is free.
It's for credit card information and counting on you won't canfel
Something that Discord could do is if you have nitro you can gift a couple perks to friends every renewal, which is good for the friends because they can get some free nitro perks, and good for Discord because then those people will want to use it again so they buy nitro
You can already do that, can't you?
@@BreathingHurts you can gift nitro but you still gotta pay like any gift card
I will never understand how people don't see things like that as a form of psychological manipulation, which is literally what it is.
They are in essance treating a subscription service like an addictive drug, and trying to get you hooked.
"Hey champ, I told your buddy over there he wasn't alowed to use this smidgen of Nitro (cocaine), but he can give it to you, so were cool. What's that? You want more Nitro (cocaine), sure thing, just give me a hundred dollars."
@@theairaccumulator7144 You can gift 3 friends Nitro perks for 2 weeks if you have Nitro membership. Tried to find it on mobile, but the option is there for PC and browser
"Lets go gambling!"
"Lets go gambling!"
"GAMBLING GAMBLING"
"IS THAT ALL YOU EVER SAY?"
"IS THAT ALL I HEAR ANYMORE?"
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE"
"I HATE GAMBLI-"
aw dang it
aw dang it
Almost 1M subscribers!!! Early congratulations NTTS ✨
the gamification of communication platforms is absolutely vile
I hate the future
i miss when discord was a chatting app
was only*
@@smokeghte14 not really
A naked man fears no pickpocket.
That ones going in the vernacular...
but FISH
Love it when a video uploads when im bored
Discord is slowly turning into a rpg game rn
Nearly at one million! You're so close, keep up the good work!
Thank you, NTTS, for giving us the link to the survey
Remember discord had a soul?
Me neither
well this can go two ways, either their IPO crashes and they need years to clean up the mess they made proceeding it (see Deutsche Bahn) or they go through and the platform will slowly die until a reasonable competitor comes by, with only people still on there that don't know about the new platform or don't want to change for some reason (see facebook, telegram, skype)
Trying to go to the stock market has already ruined the Deutsche Bahn.
If Discord became a non-profit and asked, published their earnings and expenses, and asked for donations if needed, I think they would get what they need and provide a better service.
Sooooo, who wants to start developing a good Discord alternative based in the EU?
I think there is matrix but I'm not sure how good it is
@@ZeyLogger yeah uh no, matrix is some weird decentralized web3 shit it seems. Only good thing about it is being open-source
WE NEED GOOD DISCORD
@@ZeyLogger matrix sucks.
Just go back to TS, it's not like console players matter anyway lmfao
@@ze_SillyBS THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF SOMEONE WANTS TO START MAKING IT AND BASE THE COMPANY IN AN EU MEMBER STATE
About loot boxes in the EU
They are considered gambling only if you need to directly pay money for them. (Or have an ability to do so like in overwatch)
your so close to 1m subs, congrats in advance, anyways it a great day when you upload.
STILL NO "WELCOME LADIES AND FEMBOYS"!!?? WHERE IS IT
Don't become femboy. Become sigma. Go to gym. Touch grass. Become happy.
dont listen to @FO0TMinecraftPVP become femboy
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im a femboy and i feel offended!!11!!!1!1!
@@SpringtrapGotAGun MY COMMENT GOT DELETED
BE A SIGMA
DONT BE A FEMBOY
THIS IS ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH
Good enough. Welcome back Tix
so we're copying steam
The thing with gambling in EU is that its specifically if you need to purchase them with real money. Assuming you cannot buy D-Bucks and can only earn it, I dont think EU has a problem with it.
well, the free nitro is real (kind of) 😭 there's a quest going on (apparently not shown for everyone?) where you can stream an activity to someone for 15 minutes then you get discord nitro (not basic) for a week/day. can confirm this is real considering i did said quest a couple of hours ago and actually got said nitro
@janeq677 i didnt have to input any credit/debit card information, no. its supposedly a week trial even though its advertised as lasting only a day
Yes this is real. I got it
@@kristmasesactually 2 days but for some reason it said a week after I completed the quest xd
@@TS2021_ME thats so weird lmaooo it said only a day for me. i guess it varies from person to person? who knows
this seems a good feature but overshadowing with a bad feature ruins it but out of all that this idea is SO good
The „I Was on twitter and looking at p…“ got me 💀😂
Wow you are so close to 1M! I hope you reach it soon!
all i want is the profile banner to display art...
thats literally it, i ask for no more
finally someone gets it
0:18 ayo " so i was on twitter looking at po-.. " so I was on discord looking at discord news ?
You should make a vid about the quest that gives free nitro with no credit card required.
so close to 1 million. congrats my dude
Nah I swear discord is gonna get a battle pass
UA-cam put this video in the Important Category in Notifications 😭
I love B-Duck feature.
congrats on getting 1 mil subs 🔥🔥🔥
They don't need new features, first they need to have good sound quality. Pleeeeaaaase
Tbf, that could always be client side hardware or cheep peripherals issue.
If you stop using the crusty mic that comes with your dollar store dirty buds, you'll probably sound considerably better.
And yes, your phone mic counts as a crusty mic...
Question: If someone pays for a full nitro already and they don't care about avatar decorations, then all they get is the ability to boost the server (they're already boosting the server with full nitro) or to giveaway the coins? Cool, but nitro users are getting the short end of the stick. Sure, the stacking benefit of getting additional coins per nitro renewal is great but I'd like to see more premium use of these rather than stuff that people might already have or don't care about.
I am wishing there was a Vencord plugging to disable those Discord Profile Accessories. I find them so freaking annoying, and I only use Discord to talk to people.
yo you're so close to the million, congrats man 😭🎉
I really hope this feature gets added!!! It'd be so much better
I hope skype makes a big comeback
yes
bro is 5k away from 1 mil
🙏
I'm down for this. THAT is how avatar decorations should be bought, through Discord Coins, not actual money.
i agree
D-Coins sounds better than D-Bucks
OH MY GOSH BRO YOU ARE GOING TO BEAT THE ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!!!
No more discnite! 19 dollar discnite card, who wants it? and yes i am giving it away.
can i get one
Removing the ability to disable quests entirely will just push people to make a Vencord plugins that does just that.
If it came out and was a third as good as the concept, that'd be a miracle in my eyes. Consumables though... Yeah, could live without that
If you can send coins to bots it'd be interesting as substitution to buying some plan, but yeah... Scams...
if discord really adds currecy where you can buy nitro and more using the coins it would be the greatest update,
Free and nitro, 2 words i love seeing together
you were on twitter to look at WHAT
I'm not sure if the loot boxes thing will work out well for discord unless they were only obtainable through free coins because Australia just banned paid loot boxes in games and games related stuff. The UK has also just banned paid loot boxes in any games and related stuff too but only for under 18s but considering discord is 13+ and has a lot of UK and Australian users who are young they could get into some trouble.
What if they make discord battlepass
BRO'S ALMOST AT 1M, GET THIS GUY TO 1 MIL SUBSSS
Discord never fails to disappoint us
Reminds me of the old fill out survey scams that free games used to have. Like Adventurequest and habbo hotel.
Discord still has a majority of the quests where I, someone on MacOS, can't do them without the spoofing exploit because the games have no Mac support. Also, I'd rather buy the cosmetics outright. I don't want them temporarily. I think that free monthly permanent cosmetics as part of Nitro would work pretty well since people would buy nitro just for the monthly cosmetic.
Yesss! GAMBLING update!! 🎉
W Video
nice first
@@realchadyes
@@realchad true
the only thing that bothers me is how can mobile users complete this without the game activity on the mobile environment. I really hope discord devs find a way to actually make it work for both platforms
Cool. Can't wait for this not to work on Linux because not even rich presence/quests work natively.
Discord currency? The D-Buck economy is going to crash on the first day itself..
can't believe he's on the verge of 1 million subs already
(congrats when u do get 1 mil subs)
I WAS FIRST
First reply
ok
@@Catmeowfssecond reply
third reply @@Catmeowfs
@@ALTRO-EX u are fast more than me 1s
I expect that this will be used as justification for basically an anticheat for discord. Effectively killing modifications.
Discord and Free in the same sentence, I never thought I'd hear the day
Ah yes Friday NTTS video. Question, on the D-bucks it says you can get d-bucks for connections 3rd party platforms, but wasn;t that a way someone was hacked or something a few months ago? I think you mentioned it as part of a video. If that's the case, what are they doing to ensure that people's info/servers/connections etc are going to be safe?
could you make a plugin for that or a nitro plugin that does every single nitro feature
Honkai star rail mentioned 🔥🔥
as a feller without a computer or much money, i got a feeling many of these hypothetical quests are gonna be so out of reach
I was thinking they could maybe make it so you could buy avatar customization or Nitro with this virtual currency EXCEPT..
Considering in the video, it's shown you'll only be able to get those for a limited time if you use the currency, maybe make it so you can also choose to buy it permanently except it's gonna be more expensive than just buying it for a limited time, if that makes sense?
For example, imagine you want to buy an avatar customization using virtual currency. It'll be cheaper if you select to buy it for a limited time, and a little bit more expensive if you select to buy it permanently.
love when you post
Going public will inevitably ruin the platform
If Discord actually does this it will be a new era of Discord
istg when has a company going public EVER been good news for the consumer
Back in 2015 when my friends and I joined discord the condition was:no ads. As soon as there are non-optional ads, we are leaving.
NTTS: So i was on twitter looking at por-
NTTS: So i was on twitter looking at discord news
bro, you're close to 1mln subs... what are you gonna do? congratz video from Discord's CEO?
The greatest technician thats ever lived
Discord should make the subscriptions where you select the features and then it calculates the monthly amount you pay.
100$ = Get all the things for a year.
1$ = 12 hours of 1 specific thing = 2$ a day for that thing = 730$ over 365 days for (technically not even ownership) of one thing...
I love paying more proportionally for less, fuck yeah!
about the message effects.... could they mean something like italic writing?
like all the secret effects you can do with the special symbols "*_~" and more
if they turn a basic chat function into LIMITED marketing then it's soooo much less enjoyable to chat with others