Just about 24 hours ago, /r/heartwarming burst new and fresh into the great big world of subreddits.

The whole thing got it's start based on the submission by Vorenus of the story of a blind street musician in Chicago who was blessed with an outpouring of support from his community after he was robbed repeatedly.

The story got me wickedly warm and fuzzy, and I felt that while I was happy that I stumbled upon it in the /r/offbeat subreddit, I wished that there was somewhere else to look for similar stories and recollections.

After following that first impulse and creating the sub, I realized that I would need help. My first stop was /r/TwoXChromosomes, where I immediately found an outpouring of support from other redditors. I also received some great advice for starting a new sub, and found a seasoned and well respected fellow mod in JamEaterBlues, and an eager and engaged mod in gonosis.

DJ, Hold-up!

Before I go any further, I'd like to thank redditor earthheart for providing our new sub with it's nickname: /r/<3, in this submission - I know this isn't getting as much attention as it should, but I'm very grateful, regardless. Hey, /r/<3, any chance we can help earthheart find that purses owner?

Spin that business, buddy.

In just twenty-four hours, things have been looking great, /r/<3. At my current count, we have 180 subscribers, and this is awesome. We were announced as one of the Reddits Of the Day, by qgyh2, and we've seen a lot of great submissions in the past few hours.

A big thank you goes out to all of the TwoXChromosomes community, all of you who have frontpaged /r/<3, and all of you who are interested in seeing something that makes you feel good.