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Remember that whole thing, where social news and bookmark site Reddit came out asking its users for donations without offering any specific features or much of anything in return? Well, it looks like it’s working. While the Reddit team only offered its “undying gratitude and an optional trophy”, it looks like users have gotten some new site functionality and even a potentially more stable site in return for their donations. Sponsor Shortly after adopting the “Reddit Gold” freemium model, Reddit began offering those who donated to the site a set of features, such as the ability to turn off sidebar and sponsored ads, “Friends with Benefits”, which added the ability to add notes to friends to better keep track of them, and “access to a super-secret members-only community that may or may not exist”.

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