Wait, I thought awards were already gone?

I couldn't care less about such a thing (it's not like I could use it with Sync for Reddit anyway) but I genuinely thought these gimmicks were already dead?

I definitely recall some redditors commenting on something like "if awards still exist I would give you one right away".

Can I transfer my awards from Reddit to Lemmy? /s

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viking@infosec.pub · 23 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I think they reintroduced them at some point since nobody was buying premium, and their cashflow tanked.

kratoz29@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

LOL.

So people really pay for this?

I might head to the desktop to see what it is as I have never paid for gold... The only way I got it one day (and I don't even think I "enjoyed it" was because of the Alien Blue iOS client which gave away something like 4 years of Gold if I remember correctly).

halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

So people really pay for this?

The existence of whales in mobile games is fascinating by itself, of course people will pump money into awards.

anothermember@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I think you have to use one of the "redesigns" for it to work, or maybe it's only in the app. Not on Old Reddit anyway.

kratoz29@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I hope I don't get crucified for saying this, but I am not fond of old reddit... Maybe because I didn't "grow" with it (my 1st Reddit experience should have been the Alien Blue app for iOS).

I don't enjoy clicking each image to get it to a comfortable view size and I miss a lot mark as read on scroll (to be honest this isn't present in any of those redesigns AFAIK).

I am aware you can pretty much improve your experience completely using browser add-ons such as RES but at the moment that I used said add-on they dropped support for Safari, so I lost track of it...

Nowadays I got back to the right path (Firefox) so I might check what it has to offer...

Taking advantage of this nonsense... What is your preferred desktop UI for Lemmy?

Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y

I think old reddit is only preferable if you prefer text posts, which is what a lot of the original redditors are nostalgic for. At least that's what I've gathered over the years. I also started on new reddit and I've never understood the issue with it (at least while running an ad blocker that is)

AtariDump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You can use Lemmy on a desktop and not just when you’re in the bathroom‽

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

It depends on what you use Lemmy for.

Zahille7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I mean even if I look up something and find Reddit results, it uses the current mobile site version and I don't see any awards. Sometimes I'll see comments highlighted in gold as if they have an award though.

Alice@hilariouschaos.com · 1 pts · 1y

You can still give Awards but I can't really put my finger on with the difference is from the way it was before to now