People saying thanks?

It shows a little thing called gratitude.

I do it by myself as I like to be grateful. However it's true that it can be a bit meaningless at times.

Just to make the site slower than it already is (was?) :p

It's a lie that "thx" spamming increases you chances to win, only a premium account increases your chances.

I don't think it is gratuity when you use a script to save you from writing five letters, when you want to thank the giveaway creator you should write at least "Thank you!" instead of a simple "ty". Many people just say that it is spam because many people don't really care about the giveaway or its creator, just look at all those people who write such comments on obvious fake giveaways.

I write thank you comments on giveaways of games that I really want and on private giveaways.

The FAQ encourages saying thanks, but also says that it is not nescesarry. I can imagine a lot of people also say thanks, to show gratitude to the people who give away games? :)

You can be sure its not increase your winning chances :)

Because every one have chance of 1/X entries to win ;)

And some people are just doing it for the Entered/Comment ratio , which is fine too :)

Thanks!

Thanks!

Forum search function, USE IT.

Can't believe expressing gratitude is so foreign to some people.

I never enter a giveaway without saying thanks.
It is not automatic gesture, I do believe people don't own me absolutely anything at SG and if they are up to spending their cash so I can have a chance to win something I just like to show my gratitude.
And if there is some firefox plugin... whatever, I am not using it, I am not a damn robot.

Well, I started doing it when I saw someone else being judged by the fact their post count wasn't near their giveaways entered count. This was right after I signed up and I didn't want to offend anyone so I started doing it. Always seemed silly to me, the winner should of course give a lot of thanks, but everyone thanking for the chance is just unread spam.

Thanks for using the search function

"There's also a firefox plugin that automatically says thanks to every giveaway you enter."

loool xD omg

Well, you can always write something else like a random story about a rebellious strawberry that refuse to be eaten without being dipped first in chocolate and some sprinkles.

Idk I often ponder on why people repeat the same threads over and over again.

I tend to thank the giveaways I enter, because it is one of the ways I can show gratitude. Even if it takes 5 seconds to write a comment, it still shows more gratitude than just clicking "Enter to Win". Givers need to be thanked, sincerely, rather than a habit, or to keep the post count up, as someone suggested.

Oh god not this thread again..
..but ye pretty much what most people say. Thank the people who are nice enough to gift you games without expecting anything, haven´t your mom taught you that?

KARMA

Thanks.

Dunno about you guys, but it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy reading all the thank yous for my giveaways. Particularly the ones that thank me by name or go on to say something a little more.

There is a app in Windows 8 that lets you say thanks automatically.

Saying "thanks" is like saying "I love you." It might mean something or might not.

Of course they say thanks as gratitude but I'm talking about people that just say "thanks" I can tell the person means it if they say something like "Thanks for fallout 3" but most just put "thanks" It looks obvious that they're using a bot or plugin.

I used to not say thanks, but I think it's a nice thing to do, so I take the time to say "thanks" or (nowadays) TY. I use to change it up, but I got lazy :P Still, I think something is better than nothing.