Gilding Examples?
5.0BRAINROT SCOREGilding Reddit's term for giving another user an award for a post or comment; a post that received one is "gilded".
Origin:Know Your Meme says Reddit Gold, the first award, launched around July 9, 2010 as a subscription, became a gift-based award, and was rebranded in August 2018 when Reddit Premium arrived; the phrase "Edit: Thanks for the Gold, kind stranger!" became a stock joke by around 2017. Wikipedia adds that the coin and award system was discontinued in 2023 and later returned in a new form.
First Seen:2010-07 (Reddit Gold, per Know Your Meme)
Peak Era:2012-2022
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""Edit: thanks for the gilding, kind stranger, this blew up overnight.""
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