I wouldn't really mind seeing this happen, tbh. Maybe someone doesn't like receiving gifts in this manner, I mean I know I don't. Not enough so that I'd utilize this feature if it happened, but I do always get a ping of anxiety when I see that stupid "you have a gift" message.

95% of the time it's some random anon gift that I'ma have to go hunt down a board to thank them for/potentially feel horribly guilty that I dunno who they are and they sent me something over 100k. This isn't something I particularely enjoy dealing with, though it's just a mild passing annoyance/heartburn at best, I can easily see where someone more anxious than myself could really use this option.

Total support.

I am also 180% in support of the ability to block ALL anon gifting. That's something I would use without a shadow of a doubt.

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I don't think gift blocking is that big of a server strain that it needs a cooldown. Blocking an individual player is, because the site then has to filter all comments, posts, threads, and interactions with that player. They want you to commit to it so they don't have to restructure the entire site every five minutes.

I think a cooldown on gift blocking would just be an unnecessary inconvenience? I could see them putting it on a 5 minute cache or something, but that's about it.

Are there really that many people that would change these preferences more than like, once every twelve hours? Like, that's the kind of cooldown I'd like to see, just to avoid people trolling with changing their preferences every five minutes on things like, gift the user above threads, just for the sake of being obnoxious.

- That's kind of my point though. Will there really be so many people finding a way to abuse this that you need a global cooldown? That's got to be more strain on the servers than it's worth.

Meanwhile, if someone makes a legitimate mistake (toggling it by mistake, or before their friend is done sending them a load of stickers, or whatever), they're now stuck with it and they have to either wait or find a workaround. That's what I mean about it being a punishment, if that makes sense?

I'd support this. It's something I can definitely see myself using around christmas time.

and I reckon the best way would be to not have a cooldown to begin with and then if the staff sees people being obnoxious then they can add one. I definitely don't see a reason to have one straight away because a chance of people being obnoxious is not a guarantee they will be. And if there are people who truly think one minute "I don't want any gifts for my bday" and then five minutes later think "actually it'd be mean to my friends because what if they already got me something" (just an example) then they should be allowed to do that.

if someone keeps turning off and on their gifts, just simply don't ever gift them. I don't see why the site needs to put a cooldown on something like that.

I purposely don't turn my birthday icon on in general because I don't want gifts, but that may be just me.

That said, in regards to blocking all incoming gifts regardless of where they're from I personally have no issue with it.

I like the idea of a toggle feature for accepting gifts whether from anon or friends. I doubt I would ever use the feature personally but I'm sure others would. I don't really see a purpose in a cool down though, that suggestion just seems completely unnecessary.

I don't see any harm in making this an option. It seems like a simple fix and there are those that just don't want gifts in general.

That's exactly why I wouldn't want a cooldown. :P If someone wants to turn it on an off all day long, what harm does it really do? If someone's creative enough to find a way to use it to scam or harass people (and I honestly can't see how they could), then they can just be reported.

A cooldown is basically a punishment, and there's no reason to impose that for a feature like this.

Agree with OP and with this. Anything above and beyond that is petty and policing someone too much for no reason. People should stop worrying about what other people are doing so much.

I'd be in favour of making this a toggle, because I know gifting can make people anxious. I wouldn't put any restrictions on when you can turn it on or off, though, because who cares?

I wouldn't use this because I can block nonfriend gifts and any friends I have should know me well enough to know whether I'm okay with receiving gifts or not. Doesn't prevent any anxiety for me because, with gifts blocked, people would still buy stuff before knowing I dont accept gifts and repurposing/reselling the gift is a bother.

However, I see no harm in this suggestion in general if people really want it/ if it would put their mind at ease.

I personally would like this feature. I would also like for the power of it to be also extended to the luminaire trees. Since it would make no sense for the trees to work while the direct sending does not. An all around block for people who go on permanent hiatus due to real life situation around certain periods would be very very comfortable since would avoid disappointment on part of many people. :c I vote pro this feature.

I don't get why it's such a big deal to have the feature added? It's not asking for a lot at all.. just a simple thing to be added.

Some people have anxiety to an extreme, or just anxiety in general. Just like with the past event, where some people had terrible anxiety over it because they didn't know what was happening.

I think if a user doesn't want that to happen, then let them choose to not accept things for free. It's THEIR choice. It isn't hurting anyone else?If you see a user, use this option and turn it off around their birthday or other events, block them if you think they're being greedy?

I agree with OP and support this addition.

No there should not be any cool down. Why should there be? Why be punished for something that people may or may not want? Like others have said - there's no cool down for blocking/unblocking non-friend gifts. Why should there be for this?

As for the Lumi tree...it's Christmas. It's the season for giving. However, maybe there could be a restricted limit as to how many items one person could give so as it doesn't become a bomb fest and the recipient becomes overwhelmed. Maybe 3 gifts per person, say? I think that would be fair. I mean, I only give a couple of RL gifts for Christmas myself to each person I gift...

A restriction for lumi gifts is a terrible idea IMO. I buy my friends anywhere from 10-30 gifts each. No thanks.

someone else suggested that all Lumi gifting be blocked if this feature was put into play. I'd rather a restriction than not being able to gift at all. However, I do personally feel that Lumi trees should be excluded from this

While I doubt I'd ever use it, I fully support the option to check/un-check an option to receive any type of gift, whether it be through the gift center or under the tree. Lumi time can be uber-stressful for folks, and if they don't want to receive gifts of any kind, they shouldn't have to.

Luminaire should absolutely be included if you're turning gifting off. If regular gifts stress you out to the point that you want to turn gifting off, your Luminaire tree likely will too. No silly "x amount of gifts per person allowed, but otherwise it's off!" Make it all or nothing and include the Luminaire trees.

This seems like a perfectly reasonable suggestion. Having a toggle options to not accept gifts at all, either received via normal methods (sent directly, gift center, etc.) or under a Lumi tree, just gives users more options. I won't use it myself (I like gifting and receiving presents just fine, thank you), but I'm all for the idea if it helps out some users who aren't all about that.