Regarding bug 2203, the paid time promotion: if a seed account holder bought someone a paid/premium time gift, could they gift the two months, which wouldn't do them any good, to a third person? *cough*Hypothetically*cough*.
Hm, if this were put in place, though, I'd want the notification of the two-month gift *not* to make it obvious that the time was a bonus on the purchase of more time. I mean, it's nice to hear that someone gave you a present, but not so nice to be told, "Hi, someone gave you some paid time, but NOT AS MUCH AS THEY GAVE SOMEONE ELSE, NYAH." Rather than have that happen, I'd toss the extra two months into the gift-a-random-user pool, where a recipient won't have their feelings hurt (I hope) because they know it's completely random. Maybe that's the better policy across the board.
Or, you know, there aren't that many seed accounts. The two-month bonus could just evaporate; we're not owed it.
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Hm, if this were put in place, though, I'd want the notification of the two-month gift *not* to make it obvious that the time was a bonus on the purchase of more time. I mean, it's nice to hear that someone gave you a present, but not so nice to be told, "Hi, someone gave you some paid time, but NOT AS MUCH AS THEY GAVE SOMEONE ELSE, NYAH." Rather than have that happen, I'd toss the extra two months into the gift-a-random-user pool, where a recipient won't have their feelings hurt (I hope) because they know it's completely random. Maybe that's the better policy across the board.
Or, you know, there aren't that many seed accounts. The two-month bonus could just evaporate; we're not owed it.