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Gold Kind Stranger Vs Gold Farming?

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GOLD KIND STRANGER— ORIGIN, MEANING & USAGE

Gold Kind Stranger Shorthand for the Reddit habit of editing a post to say "Edit: thanks for the gold, kind stranger!" after an anonymous user gives it Reddit Gold. Today it is mostly used ironically to mock that habit, especially in r/circlejerk-style communities.

Origin:The phrase is an ironic expression that parodies users who edit their posts to thank whoever gave them gold; gilding was often anonymous, which is why the thanks went to a "kind stranger". The year of origin is unknown. Wikipedia notes that Reddit Gold launched a benefits programme in July 2010, was renamed Reddit Premium in 2018, and that the coin and award system was changed in 2023. Urban Dictionary has a user-written definition of "kind stranger" as a gold giver. No first sincere use is documented.
First Seen:Unknown (Reddit Gold dates from 2010; the thank-you phrase has no documented first use)
Peak Era:2013-2019 (Reddit)
Aura Impact:+2 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)

EXAMPLE USAGE

""Edit: thanks for the gold, kind stranger! Edit 2: I did not expect this to blow up.""

GOLD FARMING— ORIGIN, MEANING & USAGE

Gold Farming Farming in-game currency specifically to sell it for real money, often at industrial scale rather than for personal use, turning a game's economy into a genuine labor market.

Origin:Emerged alongside early MMOs' player economies, once real-money trading made virtual currency farming a viable, sometimes full-time occupation.
First Seen:2001
Peak Era:Not established
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (A Game Economy Well-Balanced Enough to Resist Gold Farming) / -2 Aura (A Game So Overrun by Gold Farming It Wrecks the Market)

EXAMPLE USAGE

"Prices crashed the second the gold farming bots found that specific area."

GOLD KIND STRANGER VS GOLD FARMING

Gold Kind Stranger

Shorthand for the Reddit habit of editing a post to say "Edit: thanks for the gold, kind stranger!" after an anonymous user gives it Reddit Gold. Today it is mostly used ironically to mock that habit, especially in r/circlejerk-style communities.

Gold Farming

Farming in-game currency specifically to sell it for real money, often at industrial scale rather than for personal use, turning a game's economy into a genuine labor market.

In short: Gold Kind Stranger (legacy / decaying slang) and Gold Farming (mainstream slang) are frequently used together in the same Gen Z/Alpha vocabulary, but describe distinct concepts — see the full entries for category tags, related terms, and live trend data.

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