Gifts: option to attach a message

[ninetydegrees]

Title:
Gifts: option to attach a message

Area:
payments

Summary:
I'd like to be able to attach a message when I buy a gift for someone (points, paid time or rename tokens).

Description:
This is a variation of http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/334948.html, extending it to all kind of gifts you can make at the DW shop. As remarked in the comments, banned users shouldn't be able to give you gifts and/or send you messages.

If you buy the gift anonymously maybe you shouldn't be allowed to either... What do you think?

Poll #5576 Gifts: option to attach a message

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 67

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Should be implemented as-is.
48 (71.6%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
10 (14.9%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
9 (13.4%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

There should be a user control setting for comments on gifts, I would think. That way each user could decide for themselves.

[thedivinegoat]

+1

[dingsi]

Oh, I'd like that! There are situations where I'd want to add a message, including when I send my gift anonymously (even if it's just "Happy Birthday" or "I hope you'll enjoy your new DW journal!" or something) but also wouldn't want to impose myself on people, and an option for users to decide for themselves whether they want to receive messages would definitely help with that. I think it's best when the recipient has control over it.

[azurelunatic]

Semi-related, I want to be able to send a gift on behalf of a community, from my own stock of points if need be, if I am an admin of that community. What you said here reminded me of that.

[turlough]

Good idea!

[azurelunatic]

At first I was thinking, why not use settings from comments, or PM settings, but ... really, it is its own thing, and might not want to be lumped like that.

[melannen]

+1

Or just have it follow the same setting they have set for comments, maybe.

[kyrielle]

This. And I'd like allowing anonymous to be supported.

[arethinn]

Do you mean the receiver could decide whether or not they got any gift messages? I think I disagree with that...

Maybe I'm not clear on whether this request is talking about publicly viewable messages, or private ones?

[ninetydegrees]

Private messages.

[arethinn]

OK, well then, I don't see why a receiver should be able to say "I want to be eligible to get gifts, but not to get any message the sender wanted to attach".

[azurelunatic]

I originally interpreted this to include message on forthcoming virtual gifts, which do get displayed publicly on the profile. But I stand by my thought even when it's privately sent gifts. It is harder (not impossible, but harder) to send a harassing message in points/paid time/rename tokens by themselves; a lot of disallowing of anonymous contact is intended to deter or inconvenience harassment. With the ability to turn off notes on anonymously sent gifts, someone could allow friends to send points etc. anonymously and accept the chance that a harasser could also be sending some, but block that avenue of contact as far as anonymous harassment is concerned.

[sofiaviolet]

I would really benefit from having this functionality extended to anonymous gifts - I give points anonymously sometimes and would love to be able to tell the recipients which of their posts I'm responding to.