While there is the option to not accept gifts from non-friends, I think it would be great to have a separate option to allow gifts from non-friends but not allow anonymous gifts. Some people have received rude "gifts" in the past and might be turned off getting anonymous gifts but not want to restrict gifts from people who are willing to attach their username to it.

Could this be an option, please?

That seems like a logical division. I would think that it would be easier to disable anonymous gifts only, compared to non-friends

Sure, it makes sense

Could it be separated so that friends can still send you anonymous gifts? This definitely needs to be an option for gifts from non-friends, but anonymous gifts with friends is fun. :) It would be a shame to disable all anonymous gifts because of a few people acting like dicks.

You'd have to have some pretty sucky friends if they'd send you nasty messages with anonymous gifting.

I thought it was against the rules to send mean anonymous gifts in the first place, though?

So if you received a mean anonymous gift you could file a ticket and have an admin see who sent it right? And then that user would be warned or something? That's the impression I got from this message.

But if it really has to come down to implementing this suggestion, alright.

I think I read somewhere that it has to be a rude message for staff to do anything. So if you get items that offend you (maybe it would be different if the items were clearly offensive to anyone, but at least if they're specifically offensive to you and not necessarily others), staff won't do anything :x Or, at least they wouldn't do anything for whoever it was whose post I saw.

I'd love this to be implemented regardless of things being done against the rules. I just don't like anonymous gifts in general. They're sweet and I'm not going to like throw a fit or anything, but it just makes me really uncomfortable to have to just accept an item without being able to repay the person in some way. I don't like it and if I had the choice, I'd hope others would see that I don't accept anon-gifts and just give it to someone who does. It's a win/win/win from my perspective.

@ LuckBurnside It's kind of iffy whether they'll do anything about it or not. While it says "nasty/mean/unkind" they definitely won't tell you who sent it unless it's threatening or harassing, so you'll never know if the person was dealt with (and you can't block them) unless it's serious enough. Some people would rather not see any rude messages at all though so they'd like an option to not receive anonymous gifts just in case, but they don't mind ones from non-friends who are sending nice gifts. :)

@ Kisrah That's also a nice idea! Hopefully that could also be an option. :)

I actually don't like this idea. Sometimes I see people around the forums having a shitty day or it's their bday and they look like they don't have a lot of friends and I like to give them things from their wl anonymously. Why I like to give anonymously - I don't want anyone to feel indebted to me or something and I also feel awkward with the whole thank you thing, I'd rather they just take it, enjoy it and think it magically appeared from the gifting fairy. I probably wouldn't gift anybody ever except my friends if this was a thing

As interesting as it could be to have an array of options relating to anonymous gifts, I think it's more feasible to block or allow them as a whole. Multiple options read to me as multiple queries to run on the servers every time someone attempts to send an item.

I agree with that it doesn't make as much sense to only allow signed gifts from strangers, since strangers are likely too awkward to sign it anyway. As I see it, the option would mostly be useful for people who don't want to receive anonymous items at all? But even if it wasn't like that, it does look like it would improve server strain.

So, we'd have the current "Accept items from non-friends" and a brand new "Accept items sent anonymously". I'm ok with that, provided it's only one extra option.

In the mean time, I (obviously) suggest reporting every rude gift, even if staff doesn't seem to take apparent action, and I also strongly suggest making a note on your profile/signature if you wouldn't like to take any anonymous gifts. There will still be people who won't check, but many will do. It absolutely sucks having to guess whether the other person will be fine with it when you're trying to do something nice for them.

I'm sure there'd be plenty of people who would allow anonymous gifts. Some people just don't want them, but would still like to receive gifts from non-friends. If you enjoy anonymously gift-bombing people I'm sure you'd still find tons of people to send gifts to if this does become an option.

I think it's a good idea to be allowed to turn off anon-gifts but I think it should be all or nothing. Either you allow anon-gifts or not, even if it's from a friend.