Sony has announced that one of the functions of the PlayStation 5 game console will be shut down soon. The support section of the PlayStation website states the following:

In the fall of 2022, Praise will be disabled on PlayStation 5. It turned out not to be as popular with users as we expected, so we are refocusing our efforts on other features. We encourage the community to continue to send positive messages to each other.

Interestingly, when the PlayStation 5 was released, the company heavily promoted the Compliments feature. It is a kind of achievement/reward system for multiplayer games and members of the PlayStation community.

The idea was to help spread some positivity – when playing with a total stranger, you can send them a bounty. Compliments cannot be sent to friends and are anonymous. “Praise” received by the user is displayed on the profile as a virtual badge of honor. Source