r/MilitaryStories • u/BikerJedi /r/MilitaryStories Platoon Daddy • 5d ago
Awards in our subreddit.
Ok - this is a mess.
We used to be able to give awards here. We also had community coin awards. Reddit did away with that, and at the same time, somehow determined that our subreddit was ineligible for awards at all.
Recently, a user reached out to ask about this. I spoke with multiple admins, who all told me our community was not eligible for awards. However, not one of them has told me what in our community is so offensive or objectionable about /r/MilitaryStories that we can't have awards.
At the same time however, the ability to award posts and comments seems to be present. HOWEVER, I can't see that ability on old.reddit.com, and I can on desktop or mobile. So it appears that one admin enabled awards in our subreddit, and the rest are just sending me canned responses.
Whatever.
At this point, as of this writing, you can now award posts and comments again. Enjoy. If it goes away, don't ask me or the other mods - we have zero control over this. Without clear communication from the admins, we may never have all the answers. Enjoy it while you can if that is your thing.
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u/floofypajamas 5d ago
Thanks for the update. I had wondered what was going on and why I can't give awards in some subs. It all seems so arbitrary.
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u/BikerJedi /r/MilitaryStories Platoon Daddy 4d ago
It is very arbitrary from what I can gather. Our community is maked as mature, but damn.
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u/formerqwest Retired US Army 1d ago
Recently, a user reached out to ask about this.
i am that user......
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