Hello reddit users! Wait, are you asking what reddit is? It’s basically a social news site where people can post things, and people vote it “up” or “down” based on its awesomeness. Now, if you’re new to reddit or are a long-term user, then you might be interested in sending gifts to and receiving gifts from a stranger or two.
It began in Christmas 2009 when the reddit community wanted to start a secret santa. They’ve come a long way from then and had exchanges such as r/snack exchange 2011, T-shirts 2012, Board Games and even My Little Pony!
So if you’re intrigued, this is how it works:
1. You sign up for RedditGifts (you need to have a reddit account).
2. You sign up for an exchange, if there’s one accepting sign ups.
3. You wait for your exchange to do matching.Wait, what is matching?
OK, real quick. Matching is where we take all the participants in an exchange, put them into a big hat, shake the hat up and start exchanging names. It’s a bit more complicated than that, but you get the information of another person to send a gift to. To answer the question in your head right now, no, the person you send a gift to is not the person who sends a gift back to you.
Alright, back to how it works.4. You retrieve your match’s information on RedditGifts.
5. You spend some time online figuring out what your match might like to receive and pick out a super cool gift for them.
6. You send that gift to them and come back to RedditGifts and confirm that you shipped your gift.
7. If you’re lucky, you receive a gift, but remember, RedditGifts is about the giving! When you receive a gift you come to RedditGifts and tell us about your gift, post photos and stuff like that and it shows up in our gallery where people can comment on it and vote on it.
8. You get a cool trophy on your RedditGifts profile page.So, in a nutshell that’s how RedditGifts works. It’s a pretty fun project. Oh, don’t forget we have a pretty cool community on reddit too, come check it out.
Up until June 25, you can sign up for Arbitrary Day 2012! I highly recommend trying this out; you might get shafted and have a terrible Santa or receiver (mine never replied to my messages), but it’s a ton of fun and giving gifts makes you feel… well, awesome.