Debby_James We all know that that won't happen. There have been about 5 major "screw you"s from Webnovel since it began, and not one has been reversed. This one is only rivaled by the removal of progressive free unlocking of premium novels (Webnovel had at several points mentioned that they would NEVER paywall prior to premium).
So if there's no chance of it going back, why not suggest a more profitable alternative (for them) that would reduce the number of ruffled feathers? Personally, the fast passes are much better for me since I can now catch up on a certain 23 Coin per chapter novel. I do feel sympathy for readers who read 4 Coin per chapter novels, so bringing it back to a pseudo-status quo would be a win-win for Webnovel. And it would bring fairness back to readers in that each person's reading opportunity is approximately the same due to pricing by word count. The current implementation leaves a potential disparity of 6x and could negatively impact authors by reducing income for writers of longer chapters and reducing readers for writers of shorter chapters.
I've also always believed that readers should only be able to gift coins that carried value. Separating the currencies makes this more apparent that only the paid currency rewards authors. Free SS never made a difference to the author's paychecks. This would be a win for the authors as well.