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First day gifts for YOU!

In honor of the first day of our 19th birthday, we are happy to release a few new things for everyone!

To kick off the festivities, you'll now find that you can REACT to comments on newsfeed posts! Make sure you head over to your newsfeed to try it out! Find some posts, make some comments, interact with others' comments by choosing your reaction.

We also have a brand new section in our Merit Badge Shop called "Kudos"! Here you'll find merit badges that help you give a good ol' pat on the back. We've moved a few badges from our General section into this new area and are releasing this brand new one:

View the new section in our Shop:
https://www.writing.com/main/badges

You'll also find four new patterned Awardicons: Rainbow Shield and Star... and Checkered Shield and Star!

View them in the Awardicon shop and send one today:
https://www.writing.com/main/awardicons

And finally, there are 10 new skins for you to wear while you're on Writing.Com! Click the "Try" or "Use" to change the look of your Writing.Com background.

#100201 • Background: Dark Flowers

Actions:  Try • Use

#100202 • Background: Grey Marble

Actions:  Try • Use

#100203 • Nature: Meadow Flowers

Actions:  Try • Use

#100204 • Sky: Orange Sunset

Actions:  Try • Use

#100205 • Nature: Red Poppies

Actions:  Try • Use

#100206 • Nature: Bird in the Sky

Actions:  Try • Use

#100207 • Nature: Sunflower

Actions:  Try • Use

#100208 • Nature: Trees

Actions:  Try • Use

#100209 • Background: Wood

Actions:  Try • Use

#100210 • Sky: Blue Clouds

Actions:  Try • Use

Learn all about "Skins & Themes" .

Enjoy and we'll see you tomorrow more fun releases!