Let's talk about lov... blackl... whitelists! [ended]

Ohai beautiful Naza! :3

I never wonder why you've been whitelisted, because I know you're awesome and stuff. :)

Also, I know Janis best by her cover of Piece of My Heart, so here's another cover of it by the amazingly talented Beverly Knight!

Well, good musical taste is a reason enough to whitelist a person.

Whitelisted cause you're nice. I'm not sure if I'm confusing you with someone else, but I think it was you who complained in a shared group/WL giveaway about having a shitty day a while ago and I thought of adding you to my whitelist to make your day (or the other girl's).

When I see myself on someone's whitelist I just assume it's for my ratio. But I don't enter giveaways anymore, wasted slot really.

And...Welcome in my Blue Heart List ^^
Why? Reasons can vary but here it's because your really good ratio. But in facts, I didn't make a lot of Whitelist GA... ;)

You breathe on SG, people will whitelist you. Simple as that.

I always wonder too, because I know people focus a lot on ratio and mine isn't awesome.

If this can help, here's a few reasons why I whitelist people:

• I've won a game from them
• We had a nice interaction in the comments or forum. Doesn't need to be an exceptional one, just people being nice.
• I see them being kind to others or take part in events that are good for the community
• They make positive threads or bring positivism to the world
• They start useful oe interesting threads.
• I see them stand for things I believe are right
• I stumble upon their profile somehow and see a ratio so good I cannot not whitelist them.
• They helped me in some, even indirect, way.
• They've won a game from me and actually played it (I regularly check)

And here's the only reason why I blacklist people:

• They act or talk like assholes.

I am curious too when i see a Whitelist without a short info/text before.
And i have a lot of the same thoughts as you write it above.
Sometimes i give a Whitelist back and inform the user, sometimes i don't react because it smells like your (chance to get good stuff -from a lot of people and groups and not only from me...- and only give bad/trash games away OR give me a whitelist but they make no whitelist GA's over years :D -anyways it can be a nice move but too often it is a try to get a whitelist back-)

The fact that being blacklisted is seen as a negative and therefore harmful to your reputation or ability to fully participate on SG, and a whitelist is a positive and therefore neutral or helpful to your reputation or ability to fully participate on SG is the main reason, I believe, why people are more aware and concerned about receiving a blacklist, especially if they have no idea what they did to deserve it.

I whitelist people for a few different reasons. The main reason is that I like to give back to people that give a lot more than they take, so a really good ratio like yours is an automatic whitelist unless there is a good reason not to, but I don't have any enemies here. I try not to add people that mainly only give to small groups or haven't given anything in a year.

I also add people who create puzzles, trains, other giveaway events, or are just helpful in the community. They must have a somewhat decent ratio though.

💙 it is the ratio
Have a 💙 bump~

For you, it's your ratio :)

Just whitelisted you. You have really nice ratio. :)

I add people for many reasons even if I don't know them but you were added awhile ago now for a few reason. :D

I always assume they've missed the blacklist button and klicked the whitelist one instead. 🤓

I wish there was some small message box to fill in why, both for white and black list. The person knows what's up and you won't forget why. Got my first (and 6 more) blacklist yesterday for lying while I was not. So now I feel a bit shitty and certainly won't make such a discussion again. Not being able to defend is a bit heartbreaking. Well what has been done cannot be undone.

I whitelisted you for this thread. Oh, and your giving ratio. Nice.

😎🤘🏻

As already stated, I added you because of your amazing ratio.

Is it because I try to not GA only crap games and you want a chance to win, while only gifting stuff from DIG, Otaku and the like?

Of course!

I seriously doubt many people will admit to that though...
I don't have you wishlisted so can't tell why you're on a wishlist. But normally I add people to it because they seem to be genuine nice people (be it helpful on the forum, giving away nice games etc).

Usually behaviour goes over giveaway stuff, if you gave away millions worth of games but are acting like a jerk you are more likely to end up on my blacklist, and only winning stuff while not giving away any, but being very friendly on the discussions, might net you a spot on my whitelist.
And sometimes I do the return-whitelisting thing, but I try to keep that to a minimum.

I don't remember at all why I whitelisted you, but I did. So I can't do it again, even if I try a little bit harder :)

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