161 upvotes, 5 direct replies (showing 5)
View submission: We heard you… awards are back!
Let’s start with the obvious – we tried something new, it wasn’t great (you called it).
That being said, I'm glad to see Awards coming back. I hope we'll see Community Awards re-introduced in the near future.
gold can be purchased to give awards
[...]
gold earned for a post or comment
Are purchased Gold and earned Gold the same? Can users spend earned Gold to give Awards, just like they could with the old Coins system?
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/1css0ws/comment/l46zxn1/
**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.
Changing this policy should be your highest priority. Having two separate Gold balances is incredibly confusing and locking away earned Gold in hopes of (eligible) users garnering the 1,000 Gold necessary for payout[2] is, frankly, unrealistic. Users being able to spend earned *Coins* to give Awards with the old system *actively encouraged* the purchasing of more Coins. Y'all are shooting yourselves in the feet here.
2: https://i.imgur.com/mjpqKb2.png
Comment by justabill71 at 15/05/2024 at 19:21 UTC
123 upvotes, 3 direct replies
This. It's amazing how little they still understand the community on their own site. Most people aren't here to try and earn money, especially with such a high threshold to reach to do so, and the amount of information you have to give them to join the program. You're just encouraging reposters and bots, while preventing people from participating in the giving of awards unless they spend actual cash, no matter how much they contribute to the site. It's misguided and greedy, which seems to pretty well sum up the people who run Reddit.
Comment by Sephardson at 15/05/2024 at 19:24 UTC
41 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Having "Gold" refer to two different parts of the same exchange is going to be silly when anyone has to explain it to people who ask.
Cash (purchase) -> Gold (coins) -> Gold (awards) -> Cash (payout)
"Gold" should not refer to both steps 2 and 3. At least give one of them a different name.
Comment by Sun_Beams at 15/05/2024 at 20:07 UTC*
42 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We keep telling them at every chance they provide us .. for some reason the awards team just have never listened.
Comment by silentdon at 15/05/2024 at 23:46 UTC
13 upvotes, 2 direct replies
They keep trying to force the Facebook/instagram/tiktok model into reddit. It seems like they are now trying to attract "influencers" with the promise of earning money from creating popular content.
Comment by stacecom at 15/05/2024 at 19:54 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All I can figure is that this is somehow some limitation from being a public company and the finances related to it. The timing really pointed to that, but I don't pretend to understand that part of the law.
