1 upvotes, 18 direct replies (showing 18)
View submission: We heard you… awards are back!
FAQs:
A: No. Gold you earn when you receive an award on a post or comment counts toward a potential payout through the Contributor Program if you're eligible.
A:
A: Eligibility criteria here[1].
1: https://www.reddit.com/contributor-program
Note: Any golden upvotes you’ve earned will count toward eligibility. Reddit will convert the number of golden upvotes you’ve earned to the new gold amount.
A: The type and number of free awards you get is based on your coins balance as of July 13, 2023, the day we announced that we were sunsetting coins and awards. Folks with higher balances get more free rewards to give, and a greater variety of awards. Past coins balance holders will see these awards automatically in their account. There’s nothing they need to do to get them.
Free awards will expire on December 31, 2024 at 11:59pm PT, so be sure to use them before then.
A: Redditors could historically buy coins, earn coins, or get them for free and use them exclusively to give awards. Now, gold can only be bought to give awards and earned gold will be used as part of the calculation for earnings in the Contributor Program. Therefore, converting the coin balance to gold wouldn't have resulted in similar outcomes. However, regardless of how the coins were attained, they represented a deep commitment to Reddit which we want to acknowledge through these awards.
A: No. Moderators cannot disable the awards experience or specific awards for their community. Moderators do have the option to remove an award from a specific comment or post if it has been reported. If removed, redditors won’t be able to give that award to the post or comment moving forward.
Awards will not be available for communities that are Not Safe for Work (NSFW), mature, trauma support, and addiction support.
A: This release doesn’t change the benefits of Premium subscriptions. Learn more[2] about what comes with Reddit Premium.
2: https://www.reddit.com/premium
Comment by shiruken at 15/05/2024 at 19:02 UTC
53 upvotes, 1 direct replies
**Q: As a mod, can we disable this feature from our community? Or can we disable specific awards from our community?**
A: No. Moderators cannot disable the awards experience or specific awards for their community. Moderators do have the option to remove an award from a specific comment or post if it has been reported. If removed, redditors won’t be able to give that award to the post or comment moving forward.
I can't help but notice that subreddits are *not* being given the option to opt-out of this system. Was the adoption rate that bad for the Golden Upvote program?
The previous Awards system allowed moderators to disable specific Awards in their subreddits. Can we expect to see such controls added in the future?
Comment by cyanocittaetprocyon at 16/05/2024 at 00:29 UTC
47 upvotes, 1 direct replies
**Q: Why did you give legacy coins holders free awards rather than an equivalent balance of gold to use to give awards?**
A: Redditors could historically buy coins, earn coins, or get them for free and use them exclusively to give awards. Now, gold can only be bought to give awards and earned gold will be used as part of the calculation for earnings in the Contributor Program. Therefore, converting the coin balance to gold wouldn't have resulted in similar outcomes. However, regardless of how the coins were attained, they represented a deep commitment to Reddit which we want to acknowledge through these awards.
I've read this several times, and it makes absolutely no sense. Just give us what you took, in whatever the equivalent amount of gold is. Its not that hard.
Comment by liltrixxy at 15/05/2024 at 21:07 UTC
28 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Jesus Christ, dudes.
Comment by StrongNuclearHorse at 16/05/2024 at 11:29 UTC
19 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Q: As a mod, can we disable this feature from our community? Or can we disable specific awards from our community?
A: No. Moderators cannot disable the awards experience or specific awards for their community.
I mean... all I would need to do is mark the sub as NSFW and the award feature is disabled, right?
New safety guardrails. Awards are not available in NSFW subreddits, trauma and addiction support subreddits, and subreddits with mature content.
Comment by LonelySubject at 16/05/2024 at 21:40 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"Sorry" we intentionally screwed you all over to inflate Reddit usage temporarily. This enabled us to line our pockets with cash in the ipo at a higher price.
The stock price hasn't risen over the last few month's as much as we hoped but the meme stock revival has given us a temporary boost.
We want to take advantage of this and keep the people we gave stock options happy. So we're going to try and artificially inflate usage again with meaningless awards that don't benefit you.
F'ck u/spez
Comment by HarmlessSnack at 17/05/2024 at 19:10 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
A: No.
I don’t understand how you guys can be so close and so far at the same time.
You admit you fucked up. The removal of awards, and the new system, were almost laughably bad.
Now you’re bringing it back, but with some of the best qualities of the system stripped away.
The fact of the matter is, free awards and easier access to them drives engagement for the system and adds visibility. It primed the pump, and almost certainly results in a net increase of money into your little ecosystem.
I give it two months before some bean counter manages to prove it, with data, and you bring them back.
With how much bad blood you’ve built up with the community, your team should be bending over backwards to make it up to us. Instead your clutching your purse strings at the idea of the community getting anything for free.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/05/2024 at 00:18 UTC
28 upvotes, 2 direct replies
How about addressing this terrible UI redesign numbnuts? It's fucking trash.
Comment by vengefulgrapes at 17/05/2024 at 12:53 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Q: Can I use gold that I earn to give awards?
A: No. Gold you earn when you receive an award on a post or comment counts toward a potential payout through the Contributor Program if you're eligible.
This was one of the best parts of the original award system--the fact that *everybody* had a chance to participate, even if only through silver.
Comment by misterpickleman at 18/05/2024 at 17:07 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I like the part where I had like 50k coins before, but now have, like $10 worth of awards that I didn't even get to choose.
Comment by RawhlTahhyde at 16/05/2024 at 23:16 UTC
8 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Anyone know how to hide the award button from comments? I keep accidentally clicking it and it’s very annoying
Comment by i-love-elephants at 18/05/2024 at 12:27 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hi! I still had money/gold in my account that I hadn't used up before gold went away. I paid for that. Now that this is back it's really crappy and I feel like my money was just stolen.
Comment by METRO-RED-LINE at 18/05/2024 at 14:31 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Aaron Swartz is turning in his grave you tone deaf imbeciles
Comment by Lavassin at 18/05/2024 at 15:26 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I had quite a few coins that expired and I never received free awards
Comment by donardooooooo at 16/05/2024 at 11:50 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
u/redditproductteam Why we can't have both of those and awards and golden upvote arrow
Comment by [deleted] at 23/05/2024 at 15:04 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Q: How does giving free awards to past coin holders work? How did you determine how many free awards I get?
A: The type and number of free awards you get is based on your coins balance as of July 13, 2023, the day we announced that we were sunsetting coins and awards. Folks with higher balances get more free rewards to give, and a greater variety of awards. Past coins balance holders will see these awards automatically in their account. There’s nothing they need to do to get them.
Free awards will expire on December 31, 2024 at 11:59pm PT, so be sure to use them before then.
Had 1.9k coins, no free awards....
Seriously? Your engineers couldn't think up a way to convert gold to this new currency?
Sure, you're apologizing and all, but you guys could easily just write off a tiny loss for this...
Comment by I_AM_YOUR_DADDY_AMA at 18/05/2024 at 14:20 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by Chaetomius at 18/05/2024 at 23:28 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Remove them again.
they were constantly used as harassment and racist/misogynist dog whistles, and you could never get the gumption to recognize it or do anything about it until you removed rewards.
Comment by fighterace00 at 23/05/2024 at 00:32 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hopefully this is still monitored.
The FAQ[1] says NSFW and quarantined communities can't use awards. I'm still not seeing them rolled out in private communities. Are these also not eligible?
