Why Discord is Betting Big on Devs w/ Anjney Midha VP of Platform Ecosystem at Discord
Dev Interrupted
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Is Discord's Secret Sauce Aligned With Developers?
Conner: I think Discord's secret sauce has always been just prioritizing the most simple business model ever. And we've seen the problems with other misaligned business models, right? Elsewhere. It's amazing to be able to align both the consumer experience and the developer experience because developers love the simplicity of saying, oh, if I build a better product, you've got the rails set up for consumers to pay for that. That value exchange is simple to reason about and doesn't result in a bunch of adverse effects on platforms. Conner: We actually introduced a new surface as well, but it helps foster more safety and trust on the platform by calling this connections.
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