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I've been doing secret Santa with my family the last few years, but the webapps we use are always so annoying to use. You get an email every time your giftee updates their list or answers a question, but you need to sign in to the ad-riddled platform to see what is going on. You can make a wishlist, but only through links to Amazon.

Isn't there a better way?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Pick names out of a hat? Why does this need to be a computer program? It would be simple to create a webpage or app that randomises who sends who presents, I haven't heard of one specifically but there is probably one that exists. If I could do backend coding, I could probably make one quite quickly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

We're not all near enough to pick from the same hat, don't want one person to be outside of the secrecy bubble, and if I could 'create a webapp' or 'do the backend', I probably wouldn't ask strangers on there internet for advice, but yeah I'm sure that's true too.

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