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View submission: [OC] Price of Reddit Awards
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Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2020 at 12:55 UTC*
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Comment by Snowghost11 at 05/07/2020 at 16:12 UTC
51 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I still don't understand how people recognize them. I know silver, gold and plat, the rest is just a tiny bunch of shapeless pixels. I need to zoom in by 50% just to kinda see what they are.
Comment by csmart01 at 05/07/2020 at 13:29 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I also had no idea this socioeconomic subculture underworld existed. TIL
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2020 at 13:45 UTC
86 upvotes, 4 direct replies
People use Reddit coins to buy awards and gift them. You get Reddit coins in 1 of 3 ways.
1. You buy the coins directly.
2. You subscribe to Reddit Premium and a get a few hundred coins every month.
3. You make decent posts/comments and people give you awards, which award coins as well.
The whole point is to pay for server time, which is what keeps Reddit free. The few ads that the run aren't enough to do the job.
With each award at Gold and higher, you get Reddit Premium for a time.
No tangible value to any of the users, but some people like it. Like people who pay for skins in video games.
Comment by TheBadGuyFromDieHard at 05/07/2020 at 18:36 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Until this post, I literally had no idea there were other awards besides silver, gold, and platinum. I use Relay for Reddit and it doesn't show any of the others.
Comment by CrosbyCanGetBent at 05/07/2020 at 15:45 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Same. Can I give awards that I receive?
Comment by Robbie00379 at 05/07/2020 at 16:10 UTC
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I think it has to do with how poorly integrated they are in old Reddit. I was given a bravo award some weeks ago and was curious to finally know how the rewards system worked and what they meant. I only knew it was a Bravo award because that's what it said on the notification message I got, hovering over it would show nothing and clicking on the award would lead to a page with recent threads with gold. In fact, on your profile page you only have the option to see posts with gold, if you have posts with other awards, there's no way to easily display them. The only way I found on old reddit to know more about rewards was to directly click the "give reward" button on a random thread. That way you can see all the rewards and their descriptions. I didn't even know there was a Reddit currency, but it's there and that's how you purchase rewards. I kept messing around and clicking the Reddit Premium button it opened a page on new Reddit, and there it was clear they designed it with awards in mind: on your profile you can show all your awarded posts and see awards you gave to posts, hovering over an award shows its name and a help link, coins are featured throughout... But still, I don't think any of those fearures would interfere with the old reddit experience we all love.
Comment by jellatubbies at 05/07/2020 at 18:19 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"gif money to reddit owners". That's it. Theres nothing else and anyone who spends money on these is a complete and total fucking idiot.
Comment by Can_of_Tuna at 05/07/2020 at 18:27 UTC
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I didn't even know there was anything other than gold
Comment by KingKingsons at 05/07/2020 at 19:26 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah it's completely lost its meaning to me since they moved away from just having Reddit Gold.
Comment by ocular__patdown at 05/07/2020 at 22:42 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It makes it easier to influence ideas. People see a bunch of awards and assume the content is correct.
Comment by myfotos at 05/07/2020 at 15:52 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I've only ever received silver or gold, I've never gotten any of those random awards nor have I even seen them here. Is this a non mobile thing?
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2020 at 15:55 UTC
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Comment by itsaride at 05/07/2020 at 18:08 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You pay money to distinguish a notable comment like yours and help pay for money-losing reddit at the same time.
Comment by octopoddle at 05/07/2020 at 19:18 UTC
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People give you gold and you use the gold to pay your miners. The miners get you your bitcoins and you use the bitcoins to buy your karma. Karma always comes around and when it does you collect it up and trade it in for Nook Miles.