But what if we have no friends

Uhm, we have groups for this?

Sounds like groups to me.

I prefer option 1. This is just meh. Some giveaways have 2000 entries. Imagine going in and manually adding over 2000 friends just to make a single giveaway. I certainly wouldn't use it.

Can we see who added us as friend? Likewise, can we see giveaways created by our friends only?

That's a great feature, but I don't want the contributor system replaced by it =/

I'm not sure if the site should be turned into a social network like that. Also, we had problems with bundle keys before contributor giveaways were made. It's just that people don't read and don't care and nothing that requires the users to act on their own accord will work. I'd have to say no to this option, though the idea of making friend giveaways sounds interesting.

I may or may not be confused about both options, but I personally think that both options wouldnt turn out we/ the scripting wont work well. But I dunno, I dont like either option.

This could be better.

As I said, I would like this as an alternative to group giveaways, but I think it should run in tandem with the contribution level.

I like that 1st option better,...

Sounds like facebook to me.

I don't like it.

I think this would have some nifty applications in terms of setting up giveaways with special qualifications that would be less of a pain than distributing a private link or creating a group and handling invites, but I'm not sure I like it as a complete replacement.

But I don't have friends :(

That's like groups, except less convenient. It simply isn't enough to replace contributor system.

Seems cool, but I don't think the contributor system should be removed.

If you're keeping the Steam group giveaway feature then this is kinda redundant in my opinion.

The community on this website already seems divided enough as to whether keys should be allowed, how points should be distributed and so on. I'm afraid that giving us the power to essentially whitelist or blacklist people would cause the community to become even more divided.

I can imagine groups of "non bundle contributors" banding together and thinking their better than the "bundle contributors". There could be people who contribute for personal gratification, but don't participate on the forums who are now at a disadvantage since they don't know lots of people. I would hope it wouldn't become too bad, but it's possible that you'd see threads with lists of "acceptable friends" and "bad contributors".

All in all, I think the calling out and shit flinging would be at an all time high if this option rolled out.

Sounds good

I definitely like the other option better.

Hmm. This seems a bit better than the previous option, which didn't distinguish between bundle key giveaways and giveaways of tradable games that happen to be in bundles. But it also seems rather group-like, as others mentioned. Out of the two options so far, I suppose I'd prefer this one unless option 1 is modified to recognize the difference mentioned above.

In the previous thread, others mentioned the possibility of turning the contributor system into a simple yes/no -- either you have contributed or you haven't. It seems like doing this would allow recognition of people who contribute and to have giveaways specifically for them, but without worrying about the value of what they've given. And it should still provide some encouragement for people to contribute. This might not be perfect either (what is?), but might this possibility be considered as another option?

I like previous idea more. This one will only create 9999999 groups and the number of giveaways will drastically get lower.

Contribution system is good. If people want more chances, than they have to give sth. Both sides are happy.

First version was more interesting, this is too similar to the group system.

Who prefers the 1st option, reply this comment with a "+1".

We'll have a lot of this kind of post if this ideia is implemented