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    Yes. They have been working on finding ways to increase activity—and the first sentence in the OP might have been referring to that—but I imagine it's important to keep focus on the kinds of activity that continue to draw more people in, as opposed to people's last engagements before they give up and go away. Commented Dec 8, 2025 at 18:58
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    @DanGetz It doesn't matter what they are working on. They haven't shipped anything that has led to an improvement (at least on the three sites where I'm a moderator and have access to analytics). Yet they are going to ship something that is likely to hurt engagement and cause harm to activity. Commented Dec 8, 2025 at 19:24
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    That's always the problem with ads. Nobody likes them except that they may pay for the service. Somewhere there must be an optimum where the inconvenience is just about tolerable. Is this it? Your guess is a good as mine. They might be shooting themselves in the foot there. Commented Dec 9, 2025 at 5:22
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    @NoDataDumpNoContribution Discord solved that issue without needing to shove ads everywhere. If they offered some extra features under a sub things would go way better than making the site worse. Heck, even an implementation like Server Boosts from Discord would be a better option - If you let people choose to pay a couple bucks per month to give their favorite stacks some perks, it wouldn't be half as bad as this. Commented Dec 22, 2025 at 11:40
  • @T.Sar they have shoved ads everywhere… you just don’t notice them because they are displayed in a native way. Commented Dec 22, 2025 at 16:08
  • @user400654 On Discord? Not at all. Discord has way less ads than any other social software. Mostly because of Nitro - you don't need to be super aggressive on ads if people are paying a sub to use your software. Commented Dec 23, 2025 at 11:59
  • @T.Sar Yes, it's certainly less than most, but nitro ads are literally on every inch of that platform. Commented Dec 23, 2025 at 15:32
  • @user400654 Our experience seems to be vastly different. Maybe because I'm a nitro subscriber myself? Commented Dec 23, 2025 at 16:41