Can someone explain the giving of Hearts

[Woodswalker]

I'm a little confused on this?

[markie]

1. oh my...

accept the love and ask no questions



...if you must know... it is merely support for DU and each other

[old as dirt]

2. Mrs. Kim Reads A Charlie Brown Valentine (READ-ALOUD)

I have a couple valintines hearts left.

Here, have one!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. It's a DU fundraiser. If you make a donation you get a certain number of hearts and can "give" them

to other posters.

[Easterncedar]

4. I didn't know what was going on either

I lurked on this site for a long time before I became a star member, and this is my first time participating. If you donate to DU at this time, like the week before Valentine’s Day(?) you get a heart for every dollar you give, and then the site lets you click on a post to give a heart to the person posting. It keeps track of how many hearts you have left.

I’m really having fun with it this year!

It’s a great way to acknowledge the effort folks make to provide content here.

[FalloutShelter]

5. Exactly!

Thanks for joining in and taking part.

[Easterncedar]

9. Thank YOU!

It’s such a positive thing. I wonder who came up with this? It’s so DU!!

[boston bean]

6. It serves a couple of purposes

1) raise money to keep then lights on.

2) spread the love around.

Myself all other years, except this one, i gave hearts to those i felt closer to on the site as well as give to those who find themselves with few. To spread the love around. Over the last couple years i have given hearts to my mom who died in 2020.

This year i cant do that because my subscription renewed earlier than the fundraiser and i can’t spare more at this time.

Here are a bunch of my own for all who make this a great community!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[claudette]

7. Thank you ❤️

[Lochloosa]

8. It's a Valentine's Day tradition at DU. If you are a recurring member "star" you get

20 hearts to give out and you can always buy a few more.

[MissMillie]

10. DU raising money to keep DU up-and-running

The hearts are nice, I guess.

But I'd rather have a star next to my name than 50 hearts underneath it.

[Woodswalker]

11. Nice 👍

[Easterncedar]

12. I'm glad you asked.

I was shy about it myself for so long!

Really like your handle. Walking in the woods is very much my thing.