▲ 470 ▼ Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments Reddit is going to sunset its current coins and awards systems, meaning you won’t be able to buy Reddit Gold for posts you like. However, it is working on a new system for awards.
[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 30 points 3 years ago (2 children) I'm okay with Alemmynum, I'm pretty low cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] smitty@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago That would be Alemmynium in British English permalink fedilink source parent [–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 years ago This is specially funny given that aluminium used to be damn expensive in the 19th century. It was mostly obtained by reacting aluminium chloride with alkaline metals back then. In other words: we're back to the roots! Who cares if gold this, gold that, alemmynium is more precious and useful! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smitty@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago That would be Alemmynium in British English permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 years ago This is specially funny given that aluminium used to be damn expensive in the 19th century. It was mostly obtained by reacting aluminium chloride with alkaline metals back then. In other words: we're back to the roots! Who cares if gold this, gold that, alemmynium is more precious and useful! permalink fedilink source parent