As a longtime member of that other social media site (Reddit....cough cough) I participated in a couple Secret Santa Gift Exchanges. It was an amazing experience and now that I have a new home here on Steemit.com I wanted to share that experience with Steemians around the world.
I bought the domain name Steem.Gifts with the intention of doing just that, but being a trucker and having not programmed anything in over a decade I am lost. I have SSL working and I found a few Open-Source Secret Santa programs but I am clueless how to get them working and modify them to want they need to do.
Here is an overview of the concept I would like to implement:
- Steemians visit Steem.gifts and register for an account, once a validation email is verified they are presented with an Exchange Management Page.
- They then provide their name, address, email address and Wishlist (if they have one) or their likes/interests if not.
- On a preset date the site automatically pairs Steemians with other Steemians anonymously. This could be done in several ways but I would like to have it so that users can choose if they are willing to Ship Internationally and then have the script match them based on Reputation/SP level with other Steemians.
- No two people should wind up with each other. Meaning if Steemian A gifts to Steemian B then Steemian B can not gift to Steemian A.
- Once packages are ready Steemians can Submit a Story on Steemit.com using #secretsanta to showcase what some lucky Steemian will be receiving....still anonymous!
- Once packages are shipped Steemians will log into the Exchange Management Page on Steem.gifts and provide the tracking number(s) which the anonymous giftee will then see in their Exchange Management Page so they can track the package(s) they will be receiving.
- Once a giftee receives his package he can go to the Exchange Management Page and mark it received and also post on Steemit.com using the tag #secretsanta.
- If the giftee doesn't receive their package or the gifter never sends it then the giftee gets matched (shortly after Christmas) with a Secret Santa Whale (someone who pledges to send gifts to those who don't receive any but sent gift(s) out).
If you like this idea please upvote it for visibility. Any Steem Dollars this post makes will be used for a Secret Santa gift for whomever I get matched with this year.
If you are a developer/programmer and would like to volunteer your expertise and time to make this a reality please make it known in comments then find me on Steemit.Chat or PM me directly (same username).
If you are a Gifter/Giftee and would like to participate in the "First Annual Steemit Secret Santa Gift Exchange" then by all means leave a comment below to show your support.
Oh and feel free to Follow Me so you can be kept up-to-date on the progress of this project.
