Comment by llamageddon01 on 19/10/2021 at 16:09 UTC*

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View submission: The NewToReddit Encyclopaedia Redditica v2

“Gilt Guilt”

Awards are a way of saying, “An upvote doesn’t quite describe how much i enjoyed your post.” However, some people have an uneasy feeling on receiving a Reddit award, especially Gold or other premium ones. This is understandable but you shouldn’t feel (and definitely not express) guilt. Many awards are given with Reddit Coins that the user received for free through getting awards and didn’t spend any money to get them. Reddit coins have no real world currency value so once a user has them in their account the only thing they can do with them is give awards to other people.

Expressing “Gilt Guilt” will elicit one of two responses: Copypasta or accusations of Award Farming[1]. So many Redditors in the past have expressed sentiments like “they’re a waste of money” or “you should have spent it on charities instead”, it’s actually become a Reddit trope, with its own Copypasta:

1: https://i.redd.it/dbsj2bu2z7c51.jpg

I’ll probably get downvoted for this, but I think people shouldn’t spend so much on pointless awards. I think they should spend it on charities instead. This is really an unpopular opinion. Since I’m too poor to buy gold, here’s my poor man’s gold🥇
Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger! BUT YOU SHOULD’VE SPENT IT ON CHARITY YOU F@& PIECE OF SHIT
Edit 2: TWO GOLDS? You mfng piece of shit KIND STRANGERS! You f@& took away 500 Reddit coins that could’ve gone to starving children in F@& AFRICA! Be ashamed. Be very ashamed.

And it continues…

I'll probably get upvoted for this but I think people should just give me gold instead of giving to charity. At least that way you know who your money is going to. It's not a waste of money on pointless rewards because me getting gold makes my day better.
Edit: WOW. Downvoted for my opinion. Sorry for going against the hivemind of reddit! How about instead of downvoting you guys actually waste your time arguing with me. This sub is such an echochamber.
Edit 2: I don’t care about downvotes I just made a whole angry edit about them is all

To see a glorious example of Gilt Guilt in action, look no further than here[2].

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/qlzxai/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_spend/hj6gof3/

*See Also:**

Award Farming[3]
AwardSpeechEdits[4] (encyclopaedia)
Award Types[5]
Copypasta[6]
Gold; Gilding; Guilding[7]
Karma Farming[8]

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhhjf5l/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhhjt1a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhhjybg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhiaf7u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhjj52m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh96swb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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