Comment by kickme444 on 09/06/2021 at 20:11 UTC*

10457 upvotes, 69 direct replies (showing 25)

View submission: Sunsetting Secret Santa and Reddit Gifts

Hello, I started redditgifts and am very proud of what we did and how reddit continued it. Everyone who helped over the years were amazing and we, and the community at large helped to make people happy, even if just a little bit. So, thank you everyone.

Lastly, I’m sure this will be ignored, but I would like to offer to completely take over redditgifts again. You can keep everything about it, I will even run your ads and you can keep all of the profits. I will pay for hosting, do all developments and support/community work.

Thank you everyone for the memories! Reddit admins, you know how to reach me if you ever want.

*Edit: Well, check out r/newsecretsanta for a new future and a trip down memory lane.**

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Comment by Camwood7 at 09/06/2021 at 21:28 UTC

156 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Lastly, I’m sure this will be ignored, but I would like to offer to completely take over redditgifts again. You can keep everything about it, I will even run your ads and you can keep all of the profits. I will pay for hosting, do all developments and support/community work.

Fuck if Reddit lets you "formally" continue it, just do it mate, you have the power

Comment by Dapper_Monroe at 09/06/2021 at 21:07 UTC*

733 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Do this but please do not volunteer your hard work and money to Reddit for doing so. While there should be an agreement that works for you both, you shouldn't pay a third party to keep something that was originally yours alive.

And FYI they make thousands of dollars a day off ad revenue.

Comment by JagmeetSingh2 at 09/06/2021 at 20:48 UTC

344 upvotes, 3 direct replies

redditgifts was probably one of the best things to ever come out of reddit, it was something no other social media site was capable of doing on such a scale and now they're killing it. Sucks to see hope they allow you to take it over again but sadly with how reddit has been operating I don't think it'll happen.

Comment by 5days at 09/06/2021 at 20:18 UTC

1194 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I would volunteer my time to help. Creating redditgifts was the beginning of my career and will always be the highlight. There is nothing else like the community created around it. So many thoughtful, creative people.

Comment by banana_ji at 09/06/2021 at 22:16 UTC

16 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I've always been too anxious and have too many trust issues to do this Secret Santa exchange on Reddit. But now that it's being taken away by Reddit, I feel quite gutted for the people who do love it. I hope you can take it over again and considering what people say about Secret Santa generally on this comment thread, it seems like it has been a general overall pleasant experience and I'd like to try it out personally because of the reviews.

so if you take it over again, just know a bunch of people here would gladly follow with you :)

Comment by Schrockwell at 10/06/2021 at 03:43 UTC*

17 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hi Dan, I just wanted to say hi and thank you for the opportunity to be part of the first Reddit gifts exchange in 2009. You probably don’t remember me, but I did some of the original site design. That feels like a lifetime ago, now.

Looking back at our email exchanges, your ability to scrappily put this together and blindly accept help from a college kid is really admirable. I do web development for a living now, and it’s the small successes like this that really guided me on my way here. So, thanks.

Comment by omni_wisdumb at 09/06/2021 at 22:53 UTC

21 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Can you give YOUR side of the story? I remember I was taking part in this way back when. How did the company officially take it from you and make it into an official event system under their management? And what's stopping us from continuing it now? I'm assuming it's not like it was 5-10 years ago and nowadays they will sue you if you try to run an event using their brand without permissoin.

Thanks!

Comment by Emmx2039 at 09/06/2021 at 21:09 UTC

92 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Wow, it's actually you...[1] (first post on subreddit?)

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/secretsanta/comments/a2yr1/subscribe_to_this_subreddit_if_you_are_interested/

You really did put in a substantial amount of effort into getting that subreddit going - there's a good few hundred posts in your name there. Must be sad to see it go like this :(

Comment by Do_You_Remember_2020 at 09/06/2021 at 21:36 UTC

36 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Dan, even if they don't reach out to you, let's resurrect it. Far too many happy memories about reddit gifts.

This time though, let's make sure there's 0 copyright claims or IP claims they can make. We'll figure out how to pay for it. But let's keep it community driven.

Comment by theeternalvillain at 09/06/2021 at 22:11 UTC

18 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I'm just here to say: from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.

And, whoever is shutting Redditgifts down, please be decent and hand it back! There are literally millions of people who want to continue the exchanges. And it was this guy's idea in the first place! You have your reasons not to do it any more, okay. The founder still wants to. It's time to give it back.

Comment by kickme444 at 09/06/2021 at 22:00 UTC

190 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hi everyone, thanks for the nice words. Have a join here and let's talk! https://www.reddit.com/r/newsecretsanta/

Comment by show_the_maw at 09/06/2021 at 23:38 UTC

12 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I don’t know if you’ll see this or not but I really appreciate everything you’ve done. I never once got scrooged and everyone I I interacted with was amazing. Sadly I haven’t participated the last few years and for that I regret. You’re an amazing individual and I hope you once again regain your project of love.

Comment by Squirrelsindisguise at 09/06/2021 at 20:59 UTC

78 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Honestly I’d rather everyone crowdfund for you to have your own platform, although I understand if that wouldn’t be viable.

Comment by stamp_of_approval at 09/06/2021 at 20:34 UTC

49 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hey! I did your first ever exchange back in 2009! You've brought a lot of joy to my life <3

Comment by RevLoveJoy at 09/06/2021 at 23:08 UTC

52 upvotes, 0 direct replies

See that /u/spez? That's what a man looks like.

Christ, you guys could not pay for worse PR. Ever think of changing careers?

Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2021 at 21:02 UTC

27 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Oh shit he ain't lying. This guy actually did start it with another user.

Comment by weffey at 09/06/2021 at 20:26 UTC

24 upvotes, 0 direct replies

<3 Thank you for welcoming me not only into the early years of reddit gifts, but for all the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners along the way.

Comment by Bodidiva at 11/06/2021 at 01:25 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I joined Reddit **BECAUSE** of redditgifts. If you end up taking it over, I'd be more than happy to contribute funds to your upkeep. If you're the guy from the TedX video "It's All About Giving."[1] - I remember the message in that video often.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phoUVH05kEg

I've only ever had one dick in RedditGifts, but he was just mad I didn't buy him that $1500 grill he listed. Other than that, RedditGifts has been wonderful.

Especially after the year we've all had, killing RedditGifts, is not what we need.

Comment by simmermayor at 09/06/2021 at 20:13 UTC

38 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you for creating reddit gifts, you made many people happy in dark times :)

Comment by TopCommentOfTheDay at 10/06/2021 at 02:37 UTC

20 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by onewordgo at 09/06/2021 at 22:06 UTC

12 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This is a ridiculously generous offer that Reddit will inevitably be too stubborn/stupid to accept.