Sending Gifts To Users

[arlymaye]

I am loving the flower sending event a lot and I am sure a lot of you do too. Too bad it will end soon. It just feels very nice to be receiving small tokens like that. I am wondering if there is a possibility to incorporate something like this year round. For instance, I have been receiving a lot of flowers as token of appreciations when I do my departures, or for helping answer a help question, or just generally speaking, being appreciated for doing something...

 

Opting In and Out seems to be a major concern with a lot of users so, yes, this would be optional.

 

Also, if there are already something similar in the works, can someone point me to that direction?

 

ETA :

 

 

........only the person could see what they had received.

 

 

Edited February 18, 2013 by arlymaye

[PointOfOrigin]

While that would be nice (great actually), I think it would take out something special from events like this if we could do it year round.

[arlymaye]

Yeah, I have thought of the special events for Valentines and maybe that event can be something on an ever larger scale? I guess it will be a lot more work for the event organizers but this gifting event is just so awesome to be once a year occurrence. Of course, I don't really mind if it's just that, just hope that we could have something similar to show our appreciation for users in similar ways.

 

ETA : Thanks for the flower, whoever you are. (See, it's working its magic already!)

Edited February 18, 2013 by arlymaye

[Walker]

My only issue with this if it's year round it becomes more like a "like" button than an exchange. Don't want to see people popularity/credibility judging others based on how many "objects" they've received.

 

So, I'd only really be for it if only the person could see what they had received.

[arlymaye]

My only issue with this if it's year round it becomes more like a "like" button than an exchange. Don't want to see people popularity/credibility judging others based on how many "objects" they've received.

 

So, I'd only really be for it if only the person could see what they had received.

Yeap, I agree.

I will add that to my OP.

[FortyTwo]

I would really like if something like this could be worked. I appreciate it every time I see that "You've received a flower!" at the top. Makes me feel fuzzy inside...

[angelicdragonpuppy]

My only issue with this if it's year round it becomes more like a "like" button than an exchange. Don't want to see people popularity/credibility judging others based on how many "objects" they've received.

 

So, I'd only really be for it if only the person could see what they had received.

Since that hasn't really been an issue for the flower event, I don't think it'd really be a big issue for a year-round event, either. I don't think there's a real reason to hide them from public view.

[Kishing]

^ I agree too (with Walker, since two people ninja'd my slow self ), and I love this idea. If any spriters would be interested, it'd be neat if new little tokens would be released with every event, or just seasonally/randomly. (Spriters might have the option of putting out a matching trinket with new releases?)

Edited February 18, 2013 by Kishing

[arlymaye]

I would really like if something like this could be worked. I appreciate it every time I see that "You've received a flower!" at the top. Makes me feel fuzzy inside...

It does, doesn't it!

 

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Also, I don't want to get ahead of myself so this is just an inquiry post to find out if this request is possible. About whether it should be hidden or what kind of tokens to be given out, I guess we could work that out when we at least have a hint of a possibility that this suggestion might take off.

Edited February 18, 2013 by arlymaye

[dragongrrl]

The flowers have been fun, but I really enjoy the events as part of the holiday. I think, if they were year-round, they would not have the same kind of "Special" effect.

 

There is the Thank You thread in Site Discussion, http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=127500 and the Glomp gifting thread in trading, http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=121522 as well as ARK, http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=41755. These are all nice ways that people give back year-round.

 

It's been a while since I checked in, but I really like Stealthypugs' gifting thread, too, http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=60484 <3

 

[Walker]

Since that hasn't really been an issue for the flower event, I don't think it'd really be a big issue for a year-round event, either. I don't think there's a real reason to hide them from public view.

That's partially because of the flower thread in SD. Actually, a huge part of it. The people who don't use it have a lot less flowers. I still think hiding it from public view would be a good idea, unless you want a year-round object exchange thread around that's always being bumped to the top of the section~

[TheGrox]

I'm not sure on this. I like the events, but I don't know if I'd want something like this all year round, as others have said, it may take the fun out of the events.

 

Though, if we did have this I'm not even sure if we should be able to see each other's gifts or not. In one way I agree with Walker, but in another I'd like people to see my little collection of gifts...

 

I'm not sure on this basically. But I'm interested to see how this idea develops. ~

[gistofeverything]

While it would be nice to have this, how would it work?

 

What will happen when we run out flowers to give?

Are there going to be alternative gifts?

Will there be a filter for displaying it?

[arlymaye]

I'm not sure on this basically. But I'm interested to see how this idea develops. ~

 

Trust me, I wasn't too sure how things might work out either. But since I have this idea or rather thought floating around my little head, I supposed it's better to get it out here and see what everyone thinks.

 

While it would be nice to have this, how would it work?

 

What will happen when we run out flowers to give?

Are there going to be alternative gifts?

Will there be a filter for displaying it?

 

If this were to be implemented, I doubt we would run out of *tokens* to gift ... I don't think for this Valentine's event, we would run out of flowers either ....

Edited February 18, 2013 by arlymaye

[Naughtrish]

It is a nice idea, but I am not really sure about it.

 

If you "hide" the gifts from general view, then for me it would be the same if I receive a flower, a kiss, a thank you post, or a PM saying thanks for this egg or whatever I did to deserve this token of appreciation.

 

If we could display our "collection", I am afraid it could end in a sort of popularity contest, like I have seen in many forums (who has the most posts, or the most reputation, or the most anything).

 

So, for now, sitting firmly on the fence

[Pokemonfan13]

I don't feel strongly either way, but I guess I'll add my support since I don't dislike the idea.

[Obscure_Trash]

I'd feel pressured and hectic and sad if we did this all year long. Yes, it's a very nice thought. I've enjoyed valentines-giving and flowers-giving the most out of all events. But I like them being special events, not something else I need to constantly worry about in cave. Sorry, it's a no from me. =(

[arlymaye]

I'd feel pressured and hectic and sad if we did this all year long.

Oh..I didn't realize that gifting such as this would make you feel this way...I don't really know the mechanics of the gifting system but is it because it is a huge burden on something?

[zara]

I love this idea! Whenever I had received a flower I just felt so warm and fuzzy, and to have something like this all year round would make me so happy! And it would give me something to do while I am egglocked, looking through all those little presents I get and sending them to people who deserve them.

[Carmelita-Fox]

I like this idea. I was fed up with a lineage project and was ready to throw it in the trash. Someone sent me the exact egg I needed and a message saying don't give up. I'd have sent them something if we had this.

[Obscure_Trash]

Oh..I didn't realize that gifting such as this would make you feel this way...I don't really know the mechanics of the gifting system but is it because it is a huge burden on something?

It's more of a personal thing but I love spreading the love to as many as I can and I would just get bogged down (and find this less special) if this was a year round thing instead of a fun holiday thing. ^^

 

I think a thank you/you're awesome PM would also brighten anybody's day that you were going gift, anyway. <3

[Fuzzbucket]

It's more of a personal thing but I love spreading the love to as many as I can and I would just get bogged down (and find this less special) if this was a year round thing instead of a fun holiday thing. ^^

 

I think a thank you/you're awesome PM would also brighten anybody's day that you were going gift, anyway. <3

This - or a glomped egg from their wishlist ? I've received a couple of those with a thank you PM.

[StormWizard212]

I like having these kinds of things as events. I think if it was year round it would be fun at first, but I think it would lose its "special" quality pretty quickly. And like someone said about it becoming a popularity contest, I'm sure there'd still be threads where you could show off your gifts, so I think that's still a valid point.

 

I personally just prefer sending a PM or a gift like Sock and Fuzz suggested. That way you can also explain why you appreciate the other person, which makes it a bit more personal than just the gift.

[hibini]

I just want to say I love this idea but I think people's 'gifts' don't have to be public. For events like the flower gifting it's nice to be able for everyone to see what flowers are in your vase. That said, regular 'gifts' could just be personal, so you don't have to feel the pressure to collect a lot of them and for your display to be pretty etc.

 

My point is just that if something like this were to be implemented, it could work out in the long term to be a compromise between private and public gifts, which would really be nice.

[Isuzu]

I'm on the fence about this. In a way it could be fun. I know whenever I go to my scroll and see the "new flower" notification it makes me feel all happy and fuzzy, but on the other hand I kind of like that this is just an event and not permanent. It's just more fun this way.