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View submission: Wrapping the Golden Upvote Pilot + New(ish) and Improved Awards
Not the way it used to be
Before, awarding Gold (or other specific metal awards) granted the awardee a set amount of Premium membership.
That was retired last year. Awards / Gold stopped having anything to do with Premium / the r/Lounge, and this new and improved system maintains that separation.
Comment by GroundbreakingDot872 at 15/05/2024 at 19:44 UTC*
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I know lol. I mean that for the majority of redditors (non premium users) nothing has changed, and tbh, *we don’t really care* about the minute differences membership does or does not offer.
I enjoyed awards when it was more of a community feature, and I was not acutely aware of how paying users get it better or worse than the rest of us. My puny award meant nothing and everything at the same time, and that was all that used to matter.