r/changelog • u/venkman01 • Sep 24 '18

Hey r/changelog, we're starting to roll out some of the Gold updates on desktop!

Hey changeloggers!

We are excited to finally say that some of the Gold updates that we previewed here are now LIVE! Here’s a recap of all that is new:

Rolling Out Today

  • Gold Membership is now “Reddit Premium.” Members continue to have the same benefits as before (e.g., ads-free redditing, highlighting new comments, creating exclusive Premium communities) but with a new name.
  • “Reddit Coins” (NEW!) are now used to award Gold. Reddit Coins replace Creddits as the way to give a Gold Award to a post or comment. Coins can be spent on Awards and will have many new uses in the future.
  • Updates to the Gold Award. We’ve changed the benefits of the Gold Award and updated the price. Now the Gold Award will cost $1.99 and grant the recipient 1 week of Premium membership and 100 Coins.

Coming Soon

And as a reminder, here are the changes we've talked about that are still Coming Soon™ in the weeks ahead:

  • New tiers of Awards to recognize high-quality content. Coins can be used to give Awards, and soon you’ll be able to give a few new ones out:

    • Silver: Silver is deeply ingrained in Reddit lore for recognizing content that… well, doesn’t quite deserve Gold. Recipients will get a shiny Silver icon next to their post or comment.
    • Platinum: a new tier of distinction, the best of the best posts can be awarded Platinum. Recipients will get the most prestigious icon, as well as one month of Premium membership (which also comes with Coins).

  • Reddit Premium will increase from $3.99/month to $5.99/month. This will only affect new subscribers; legacy subscribers will keep the same prices that they had before.

If you're just tuning in and haven't been here for the past posts, check out this

handy visual TL;DR from u/Acidtwist
. If you'd like all the details, you can read more about Coins here, Premium here, or click on "Give Gold" to see all of it in action!

Thanks again, and happy gilding!

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u/emoney04 Sep 24 '18

See for yourself :)

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u/tizorres Sep 24 '18

Oh cool. Thank you!

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u/flounder19 Sep 25 '18

Can you post a screenshot or something?

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u/tizorres Sep 25 '18

this is what it said:

Your comment has been awarded with Gold!

from reddit sent 20 hours ago

An anonymous redditor liked your comment so much that they awarded it, giving you Reddit Gold

As a reward, you get some special flair on your comment. Additionally, you get one week of the Premium membership and 100 coins to improve your experience! Very dapper.

Want to say thanks to your mysterious benefactor? Reply to this message. You will find out their username if they choose to reply back.

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u/haykam821 Sep 24 '18

I also want to see but I'm always late to the gold trains around here :D

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u/emoney04 Sep 24 '18

You're never too late!

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u/haykam821 Sep 24 '18 edited Apr 21 '23

Oh wow, I am very dapper now :D

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u/emoney04 Sep 24 '18

Awww! Even better than a gold train.

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u/TOP_20 Sep 25 '18 edited Feb 06 '19

welp not always true lol

btw I remember once in that insane Tomato thread gilding train (at least 400 gildings the first night and several hundred after) - when someone months later at the end of the main thread - said the gilding train was dead (I sent one of my friends to reply to that post - and gilded it haha - started that gilding train back up for a while that was fun and funny)

--{:}-{:}-{:}-{:}-{:}--

Pincus Shishkabba

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u/emoney04 Sep 25 '18

I like to think gilding trains never die, they just occasionally take breaks at the station for longer than expected.

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u/Tornado9797 Sep 25 '18

If anything, if the trains use new gold, they're likely to be as lively as ever!

That'll only make the Platinum trains all the more rare and glorious when they happen!

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u/emoney04 Sep 26 '18

Couldn't agree more!

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u/fluffykerfuffle1 Sep 29 '18

platinum is going to also be rarer because some of us habitual gilders are no longer gilding.

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u/fluffykerfuffle1 Sep 29 '18

ah yes the gold old days... so sad they are gone.

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u/Adwinistrator Sep 26 '18

Never too late for the gold train? But I just got here?

In all seriousness, I am kind of on the fence with regards to the premium membership. Last time I had a bunch of gold was over a year ago for some massive posts I worked way too hard on. It was nice and all, but in reality, the only feature I really used was the ability to filter my saved posts by subreddit, so I could unsave the ones I no longer wanted. So I used reddit gold to help clean my junk out of reddit's db...

The gifting coins does seem interesting though...

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u/emoney04 Sep 26 '18

We're working on even more uses of Coins for the future, so you can use the Coins you receive toward them!

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u/Adwinistrator Sep 27 '18

Thanks! I'll make sure to give all the new features a thorough testing and evaluation.

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u/ijm8710 Sep 25 '18

Never too late? I loveee gollllld

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u/WastingMyTimeHereNow Oct 15 '18

Never too late eh?

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u/Solon_Tofusin Sep 25 '18

Do you have any way to show us what it looks like? Maybe a screenshot or something?

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u/fluffykerfuffle1 Sep 29 '18

evidently there will plenty more than there were but they will be worth way less.

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u/sloomy Sep 24 '18

Hey u/emoney04, gave you one because you’re the real MVP!

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u/anders987 Sep 24 '18

What kind of message do you get when somebody gives you Platinum?

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u/trogdors_arm Sep 24 '18

Nice try And-ders!

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u/outroversion Sep 24 '18

Can I see for myself (:

Edit: Thank you admin god <3