Can someone explain the heart giving?

I have received a couple of messages receiving hearts but I am not totally clear on what this is about (I get valentines day) or how it works.

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Can someone explain the heart giving? (Original post)	Bev54	Feb 2021	OP
All will be explained if you	Yonnie3	Feb 2021	#1
Thank you!	Bev54	Feb 2021	#7
DU uses it as a way to raise additional funds.	redstatebluegirl	Feb 2021	#2
...	cwydro	Feb 2021	#6
I think it is a really nice way to show kindness. I give to people	Vivienne235729	Feb 2021	#3
Should mention that Star members (edit: apparently subject to conditions)	mr_lebowski	Feb 2021	#4
Hey there...	consider_this	Feb 2021	#5
Bottom of every post for me it says 'Give a Heart to' the poster ...	mr_lebowski	Feb 2021	#9
ah... perhaps it is the monthly thing...	consider_this	Feb 2021	#12
Yeah supposedly, but didn't happen last year for me.	cwydro	Feb 2021	#8
Sorry ... maybe the rules are more complex than I know ...	mr_lebowski	Feb 2021	#10
Interesting. I didn't know that. I have never received any to give away	Vivienne235729	Feb 2021	#11
Sorry, in retrospect, I may not know the exact rules ...	mr_lebowski	Feb 2021	#14
Clever annual holiday fundraiser. It's cute, right?	librechik	Feb 2021	#13

Response to Bev54 (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 12:08 PM

Yonnie3 (13,378 posts)

1. All will be explained if you

read this https://www.democraticunderground.com/101311464 in the announcements group. It is a fundraiser.

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Response to Yonnie3 (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 12:27 PM

Bev54 (6,336 posts)

7. Thank you!

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Response to Bev54 (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 12:09 PM

redstatebluegirl (11,959 posts)

2. DU uses it as a way to raise additional funds.

I love it, you can buy hearts and give them to people you respect on this site, or just because. I tend to give mine to oldtimers I have respected for a long time, and newbies who don't have any. A lot of us look forward to it every year. It is voluntary, lots of people don't participate. I see it as a way to give back to DU and say thanks to people at the same time.

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Mon Feb 8, 2021, 12:26 PM

cwydro (47,008 posts)