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		<title>Worlds Biggest Online Gift Exchange – Proves something</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, people…. WE TOLD YOU THIS COULD BE DONE…!!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have been suggesting that sharing REAL gifts through social networks is a viable solution for dispersed family and friends. We have even built a demonstration application called AlbinoPhant to prove our point.</p>
<p>Sometimes we feel like our story if falling on deaf-ears; because the idea is so new and unproven…</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>But we know it can be done and are just waiting for others to agree.</strong></span></p>
<p>We would like to thank the Reddit users for their absolute proof that a gift exchange can be organized and completed using internet connections. <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2126" title="redditgift3" src="http://AlbinoPhantBlog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/redditgift3.png" alt="redditgift3" width="199" height="192" /></p>
<p>Antonio Cangiano’s Blog <a href="http://blog.antoniocangiano.com/yes-virginia-there-is-a-secret-santa">shares the story</a>:  Antonio writes; “<a href="http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/This_Is_the_Guy_Behind_Reddit_s_Secret_Santa_Gift_Exchange">Dan McComas </a>(kickme444 on Reddit) came up with a website to collect sign-ups, and put forward a few ground rules for participants. For instance, to cut down on the number of ill-intentioned users (the so called trolls), only users who were already registered with Reddit before November 10, 2009 were allowed to sign-up for the gift exchange.”</p>
<p>Further <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/15/reddit-secret-santa/">TechCrunch reported</a> that this Secret Santa style exchange has demonstrated that almost 4500 internet users can exchange personal details (including shipping information) and share over 5000 gifts with other online users.</p>
<p>Now,  these were not virtual gifts…<br />
The Reddit group shared $160,000 in REAL gifts!<br />
They even earned a Guinness World Record for thier efforts.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>OK, people…. WE TOLD YOU THIS COULD BE DONE…!!!</strong></span></p>
<p>We also  suggested that sharing real gifts and using the images to represent the real thing, would work as well… Again the proof of this vision is in the redditgifts.com <a href="http://redditgifts.com/gallery/">photo gallery</a>.</p>
<p>We now have proof that an online gift exchange can be hosted, organized, facilitated, and indeed work in social spaces.</p>
<p>PartyWeDo will continue to promote this opportunity for family and friends to share real gifts online, using a fun and engaging traditional party game.  We are confident that the rest of the world will eventually catch up…</p>
<p>Thank you Dan and your Reddit community for proving our point…</p>
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