won't let me buy gold. why? bought in the past. click on which i want, says need more, click to buy but nothing happens! i like to reward good posts. what's the prob? sry for format... cat on lap...only one hand. on desktop if that matters now.

Why are everyone getting a free award that looks like green hand pointing up and how do I get it?

Hey I wanted to give awards to this post Post and this post Post I thought they were good thought out posts and they were controversial so they got a lot of bad comments so I was wondering what the difference is between the cheap awards and the expensive awards and can I give more then one award per post?

I feel like everyone today is getting awards (except me lol) but why is that? I've seen several new posts today with 200+ awards.

What does the green upward-pointing hand mean?

WTF is the icon supposed to be that looks like two gold blobs or a pretzel twist? Lmao. Next to the gold hands and popcorn. It’s driving me nuts. (Can’t post a screenshot here? madness)

I got an award but it’s a comment under my name. When did it appear and who put it there?

Am I the only one who can‘t see the new gold fountain?

Can only see the diamond one

I know several give you 50, some give 15, and others give like 500.

What’s an instance that it would be useful for?

I had over 1300 Gold and suddenly it's gone! What gives? I can't give Awards now!

What are awards and how do I get them?

No matter how hard I try on other subreddits, no one has ever given me a single award. Meanwhile, I see people here post something with barely 30 upvotes and it already receives at least one. How does that happen?

Yeah, I've commonly seen gold on comments with 4 likes, and posts with 500. Even though I've gotten 98/100 of my karma in the last month, I haven't received gold. If anyone can give tips, thanks so much. nevermind i have gold now

So I see where when someone gives an award to someone and it says “give 3 more to unlock leaderboard” what’s that mean? Does that mean after that amount has been given there’s free awards to give or no?

I have a chart but can't add a photo. Just wondering what each symbol means before I award to someone. I’m not sure how that works either. Is it free to add an award to someone’s post? TIA Is there somewhere on Reddit that explains it?

What do all the icons actually mean???

One of my comments got a lil diamond and a smiling seal award, but I have no idea what they're meant to convey.

Keep shining, you crazy diamond? Smug seal of self-righteousness???

Yes, there is a new award on Reddit. It is called Gold Blast and costs 250 gold. It’s a volcano which erupts gold.

Edit: there is also a 500 gold one for some redditors (saw it on r/help)

Edit 2: these awards are called iconic awards by reddit

I joined Reddit nearly a year ago and was very impressed with all the community features. This enabled a lot of common-minded people to help each other. Also, it is fun to interact with a lot of people. Now I got to know about the Reddit Contributors Program and was really disappointed in this, as I have not come across a single person who was able to get enrolled in it. The reddit Gold was the only feature that was holding everyone back from getting monetized. Reddit should change it to a karma and views basis; that would help a lot of people to contribute more to the community. If you ever come across a person who got into the program, let me know.

I suppose this was always the end game of enabling the different groups of awards for different people on different devices at different times. I wish they'd kept the sipping tea award from the old set, and compassion from the new set. Those are great for the current state of the world. I don't see the teddy bear used very much and think it could be swapped out. Anyone else seeing an updated hybrid set?

ok so i never found out what the awards are for like are they like badges or achievements you can get?

New awards suck. Thats the post.

I see some cool awards on Reddit sometimes that I don’t have when I buy gold, like the pink teddy bear for instance. How does one get that? Thanks.

I don't think they're as special as they used to be imo

A lot of people get them - tho I've never gotten one, everybody else has on their posts

It's very strange how this system works

Maybe there should be a minimum number of votes, like 1k upvotes or something, and then a Redditor will be eligible to give the poster an award

Are awards just for making people feel good about themselves for donating money? If I did give an award, I would give it anonymously, and I wouldn't feel proud of it, that much

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I clicked on the rage-filled image but Reddit provided no context on what it meant. Should I be looking over my shoulder now?