Originally posted by jazzcat
I have to add my final comments on this. I think shais_mom is on to something about youth and parental consent. I think for future gift swaps there should be an age limit, although hard to impose, so that we don't run into a situation where an underage person signs up without the permission or funds to participate. It's not fair.
IMO, I don't think parental consent is going to force someone to send, but I do think an age limit should be strictly enforced. I think it would be fairly easy to do, since we all know pretty much an approximate age for most members. Most have friends that know their age. I also think, as Amy said, that you should be required to be a member for a certain amount of time, and an active, productive member at that. By that I mean not someone who signs in once a month to post about how crummy their life is or something, but someone who is involved in PT at least weekly.

Staci, I don't think it's vindictive at all. I would personally like to know about people who are capable of screwing someone in such a way. I like to be aware of people like that. They obviously have no conscience about their actions and I'd like to know to stay away from and when to watch my back.