Reddit Coins
E126881
Reddit Coins were a virtual currency on the Reddit platform that users could purchase and spend to reward posts and comments with premium awards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reddit Coins canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1108704 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reddit Coins Context triple: [Reddit, hasFeature, Reddit Coins]
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A.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cryptocurrency that operates without a central bank, enabling peer-to-peer transactions secured by blockchain technology.
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B.
Robinhood Markets
Robinhood Markets is a U.S.-based financial services company best known for its commission-free stock and cryptocurrency trading app that popularized retail investing among younger and first-time investors.
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C.
BitC
BitC is a systems programming language designed for safety, low-level control, and formal verification, drawing on ideas from Modula-3 and capability-based security.
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D.
ERC
The ERC is a major European funding body that supports pioneering, investigator-driven research across all scientific disciplines.
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E.
QAN
QAN is the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) stock ticker for Qantas Airways Limited, Australia’s flagship airline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reddit Coins Target entity description: Reddit Coins were a virtual currency on the Reddit platform that users could purchase and spend to reward posts and comments with premium awards.
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A.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cryptocurrency that operates without a central bank, enabling peer-to-peer transactions secured by blockchain technology.
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B.
Robinhood Markets
Robinhood Markets is a U.S.-based financial services company best known for its commission-free stock and cryptocurrency trading app that popularized retail investing among younger and first-time investors.
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C.
BitC
BitC is a systems programming language designed for safety, low-level control, and formal verification, drawing on ideas from Modula-3 and capability-based security.
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D.
ERC
The ERC is a major European funding body that supports pioneering, investigator-driven research across all scientific disciplines.
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E.
QAN
QAN is the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) stock ticker for Qantas Airways Limited, Australia’s flagship airline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reddit feature
ⓘ
virtual currency ⓘ |
| accessibleTo | logged-in Reddit users ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gold Award
ⓘ
Platinum Award ⓘ Premium Awards ⓘ Reddit Awards ⓘ Silver Award ⓘ |
| canBe | purchased with real money ⓘ |
| cannotBeUsedFor |
purchasing physical goods
ⓘ
withdrawing as real-world money ⓘ |
| category | in-app currency ⓘ |
| digitalGoodType | non-fungible outside Reddit ecosystem ⓘ |
| discontinuationReason | changes to Reddit’s awards and monetization system ⓘ |
| discontinuedBy |
Reddit, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Reddit
|
| displayedAs | coin balance on user profile ⓘ |
| economicModel | users buy coins from Reddit and spend them on others’ content ⓘ |
| ecosystem | Reddit community engagement system ⓘ |
| effectOfAwards |
sometimes granting temporary perks to recipients
ⓘ
visually highlighting comments ⓘ visually highlighting posts ⓘ |
| expirationPolicy | did not typically expire once purchased ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Reddit user agreement
ⓘ
Reddit virtual goods policy ⓘ |
| introducedAsReplacementFor | Reddit Gold (subscription-based gifting) ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Reddit ⓘ |
| monetizationModel | microtransactions ⓘ |
| operator |
Reddit, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Reddit
|
| platform | Reddit ⓘ |
| purchaseMethod |
PayPal
ⓘ
credit card ⓘ debit card ⓘ |
| recipientBenefit |
recognition via awards
ⓘ
sometimes share of revenue via new systems after coins phase-out ⓘ |
| redemption | not redeemable for cash ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Reddit Awards system
ⓘ
linked to:
Reddit Awards
Reddit Premium ⓘ |
| spendingMechanism |
awarding comments
ⓘ
awarding posts ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| transferability | not directly transferable between users ⓘ |
| usedFor |
purchasing awards
ⓘ
rewarding comments ⓘ rewarding posts ⓘ supporting content creators ⓘ |
| userActionRequired | manually selecting an award to spend coins ⓘ |
| valueType | non-cryptocurrency virtual currency ⓘ |
| visualRepresentation | coin icon next to balance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Reddit Coins Description of subject: Reddit Coins were a virtual currency on the Reddit platform that users could purchase and spend to reward posts and comments with premium awards.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Reddit Gold (subscription-based gifting)
subject linked to:
Reddit Gold (subscription-based gifting)