- upvote context
- Used in comments to say a post or comment was genuinely stunning or unexpectedly amazing.
- community use
- Appears in r/space, r/MakeAWish, r/nostalgia, and r/memes communities.
- subreddit meaning
- In r/space, literal use for meteor events; in r/memes, reference to the 2017 Shooting Stars meme.
- karma context
- Sometimes used ironically when someone gets massive unexpected karma โ 'you were a shooting star in this thread.'