Creat a group giveaway with the group's unique ID

It's a great idea, could solve problem of guest gifters in a lot of groups, and doesn't sound like too big hassle to add, totally +1.

I like the idea as well. I don't think it would be that difficult to implement either.

Why not, it can be useful.

I like the idea. there's a few groups I'm not in that I'd gift to if I could

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A generous and great idea, and a fantastic suggestion.

when i get bored i spam groups with Bad Rats gibs... :3

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I'd like to give to some groups I'm not a member of

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While I don't see any immediate utility for my own sake, I can see that being of great benefit to groups with specific giveaway-based entry requirements (in addition to its inherent benefit of facilitating guest gifting). ...unfortunately, I also see it being potentially exploitable in that regard, by duplicitous group officers who promise something in return for making the giveaway but don't deliver on that promise. Likewise, as Purpur noted, it may lead to trolling that certain groups may wish to avoid.

I can think of one objection, which is that it makes things more difficult for the curators of groups with special rules for what can be given away and to whom to check and enforce those rules. Anyone who's not a member could troll a group with restrictions on their giveaways by creating a GA for something suitably cheap (or free) that ignores the group rules in the process. These GAs effectively have to be ignored and treated as if they were public GAs for the purposes of the group, since sanctioning the creator by kicking them is no longer an option.

This is not so severe that I think it should block the feature, but if it does get implemented this is something to take into account as a group admin.

...edit: so basically what those other folks already said before I refreshed the page. 😛

Is SG able to tell who the group owner/officers/moderators are? If so, it could allow someone of sufficient group rank to allow or disallow externally supplied GAs, with a default of allow. I think that would solve the problem of external trolling.