Community Points allow members of Reddit communities to own a piece of their community, earn rewards for quality contributions, and unlock special features.
Read all about it at the above link. There’s way too much to process here. This is going to be wild.
I used reddit for almost 9 years and aside from reddit gold, I had no idea what the modern awards did / can’t even see them on my (now depreciated) app.
Before they killed r/pan, awards above the lowest level used to extend a streamer’s time. They also give a period of Reddit Premium (i.e. ad-free, plus a few free coins to give awards yourself) - I’ve got about another year of that still from a few surprisingly successful streams I did.
I used reddit for almost 9 years and aside from reddit gold, I had no idea what the modern awards did / can’t even see them on my (now depreciated) app.
It puts a small icon next to your name on your awarded post/comment.
That’s all.
Third-party apps were forbidden from accessing the feature, as it was exclusive to their inner GraphQL API.
Before they killed r/pan, awards above the lowest level used to extend a streamer’s time. They also give a period of Reddit Premium (i.e. ad-free, plus a few free coins to give awards yourself) - I’ve got about another year of that still from a few surprisingly successful streams I did.