Comment by LobsterEntropy on 15/05/2024 at 20:29 UTC

539 upvotes, 16 direct replies (showing 16)

View submission: We heard you… awards are back!

Because it's a Reddit Product Decision, you can always expect one step forward, two steps back, and four steps off in a random direction that makes no sense.

*FAQ**

*Can people who used all their gold due to your short-sighted mistake get it back?** Haha, no.

*Are you offering any compensation?** Sure, we'll give you some free bullshit. And it expires, so make sure to Drive Engagement and Interact with Posts before the end of the year!

*Wait, you're replacing the stuff you made arbitrarily expire with a different arbitrarily-expiring currency?** You know it.

*Can you use Gold that people give you on other posts?** Absolutely not. Gold you are given goes into a big pot where it will remain, serving no purpose, unless you're like the 0.1% of people on this site who ruthlessly and relentlessly farm for gold and karma. If you're one of those people, you can financialize your Reddit experience, earning upwards of, like, five bucks!

*I run a subreddit that provides resources for people in mental health crisis or other major medical issues. Can I turn off gilding to stop people boosting bad or unsafe answers?** At Reddit, we believe that consumers deserve choice, and in this case, the choice they deserve is to seethe and cope. You absolutely cannot turn this shit off.

*You're at least blacklisting the really high-risk subs from the new old Gold program, right?** Yes.

*What happens when you inevitably miss a sub and end up causing massive headaches for mods?** They can contact us at the Mod Help PO Box in Anchorage, Alaska. When the intern checks the mail in 6 months, we'll get right on it.

*What if I'm not eligible for the Contributors program?** Go fuck yourself.

*Does it work on Old Reddit?** What do you think?

Replies

Comment by jnordwick at 16/05/2024 at 03:16 UTC

118 upvotes, 9 direct replies

I gave you an award, yet I do not see it.

Comment by lalala253 at 16/05/2024 at 12:46 UTC

45 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Man at least old reddit still work

Comment by scottishdrunkard at 16/05/2024 at 20:25 UTC

24 upvotes, 2 direct replies

**Can people who used all their gold due to your short-sighted mistake get it back?** Haha, no.

If I didn’t spend all my coins on last minute gildings, I’d give you gold for that comment.

Comment by FlameDragoon933 at 16/05/2024 at 14:41 UTC

33 upvotes, 2 direct replies

unless you're like the 0.1% of people on this site who ruthlessly and relentlessly farm for gold and karma. If you're one of those people, you can financialize your Reddit experience

I hate this bullshit, really just sows incentives for bad actors

Comment by A-reader-of-words at 16/05/2024 at 18:52 UTC

9 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Why cant I award someoneones nsfw sub though because most subs are nsfw 💀 no point

Comment by ClaymeisterPL at 17/05/2024 at 18:31 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

**Can you use Gold that people give you on other posts?** Absolutely not. Gold you are given goes into a big pot where it will remain, serving no purpose, unless you're like the 0.1% of people on this site who ruthlessly and relentlessly farm for gold and karma. If you're one of those people, you can financialize your Reddit experience, earning upwards of, like, five bucks!

Man, it could have been a cool economy of paying the favour forwards, instead it's gonna be botfarms and shit.

Comment by lexkixass at 16/05/2024 at 14:35 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This comment deserves friggin platinum

Comment by joujoubox at 17/05/2024 at 22:48 UTC*

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

*Will the amount of free awards for legacy gold holders be remotely equivalent in worth to the amount of gold?** What are we, a charity?

I dont remember the exact amount I had but looking at the prices of the other new awards. I could easily afford hundreds yet was only given 20. That or the specific awards you're given happen to have an insanely inflated price so you *technically* get your worth back even if you would have never given these overpriced awards otherwise. Whose to say, the app won't show the actual prices, only "Free"

Comment by MischieviousWind at 22/05/2024 at 23:48 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Poetic my friend. Pure sarcastic poetry. I’d give you an award but I’m not participating in those anymore.

Comment by Rasikko at 17/05/2024 at 22:40 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

You are a master of sarcasm.

Comment by SLJ7 at 19/05/2024 at 02:19 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is amazing but I'm not going to open the shitty Reddit app that *still* has accessibility issues and award it ... sorry!

Comment by osmium999 at 19/05/2024 at 08:00 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I gave you an award ! (My app crashed)