u/polarityofmarriage

Here I was just scrolling along like I am prone to do. I went to give a little popcorn award of amusement to a Mac Miller look alike in the Walmart Celebrities subreddit and suddenly my little row of free awards had disappeared.

For months, I’ve been using them to give hearts to any participant in the Toast Me community that I comment for. Just a little gesture, a little kindness, a little something to make people who need the positivity feel better (hopefully).

Suddenly the only options available for me are monetized. I absolutely refuse to spend money on a purely recreational site. So thank you Reddit, for suddenly taking away a feature that I used to help a few people feel loved.

I’ll never award anyone again. Thanks **again** for taking away a cute little something feature and replacing it with a capitalistic paywall.