+thanks
I agree with that one, they're usually bots, trying not to be bots, ironically...
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i use to say thanks and im not a bot.
Sometimes i say more than thank you but it depends on the description of the GA
why not say thank you to someone who is giving me the chance to win a game?
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Because you're spamming their inbox with the same message over and over...
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SG need some option to turn off the notification I think.
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i got blacklisted just because i said thanks to someone :| because of this im never gonna thank people who giveaway games ...
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some will blacklist you for saying thanks, some will blacklist you for not saying thanks. this blacklisting shit is kind of ridiculous, if you ask me. i would never even think of blacklisting someone, because he thanked me, lol.
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How can you now if you was blacklisted?
Thank you in advance
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Go to their profile, click on a GA of theirs that you would normally have access to (so a public GA or a GA for a group that you are a part of) and it will tell you if you are blacklisted.
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I don't think they are bots, in most GAs in the which the creator said that users who said "thank you" would get blacklisted i didn't see coments saying "thank you".
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Blacklisted 50~ people for that in my last few giveaways :)
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This blacklisting thing is going out of hand IMO.
If I was CG then I would shut-down blacklisting.
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Well, I think it's up to the owner of the game to decide what type of people he wants to participate in the giveaway (therefore the group giveaways). I think reading the description is just common courtesy to the creator of the giveaway.
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Why Thanks? I didn't get ANYTHING yet. xD
Simple as that xD
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Blacklisted for saying thanks, and blacklisted for not saying thanks. I always say thanks when entering a giveaway.
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Damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Not using the forum search, and thereby failing to notice that this topic has been posted a gazillion times before, though?
There is a whole new circle of hell for people who do that. Make sure you pack some flame retardant underwear, and some heavy duty burn cream in your longboat, OP...
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Im not OP, but ok.
Though It would be nice if people consolidated posts instead of reposting 20 threads about the same thing.
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Apologies for any offence. I never meant to suggest you were the OP, although I can see where my post may have been a little misleading :)
The first sentence was replying to you. The second was intended for the OP. Please feel free to unpack your asbestos Y-fronts...
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I really don't understand the whole "blacklisting" thing.... I have been a member for a while now and have 0 members blacklisted. There have been a few ungrateful winners in my giveaways (like saying you hope the enjoy the game and there only response is MEH), but I always figure that the odds of them winning something else from me is way to slim to bother putting any effort into tracking them in a list.
Also if we start blacklisting everyone who says thank you, and everyone who doesn't... who is left? Sure there are some funny gifs or pictures that people reply with to say thank you, but you see the same in other giveaways so are the copy and paste as well? Assume someone is a bot? Blacklist them as well... I don't know.... its just a difficult thing to understand....
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Of course the rules are always posted.
If the description doesn't say anything, you're free to say anything you like.
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+1, agreed.
Blackinglisting is leading to the end of Steamgifts.
Blacklisting = 666
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Or maybe because it's written in the site's guidelines that thanking others for their generosity is encouraged.
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I was just about to link that,
- We encourage users to write comments thanking the giveaway creator for their generosity, although this is not required.
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so you blacklist people who sayd thankyou to you ?
Thats some special kind of logic you got there .
Dont wana think what you do with people who flame you lol :|
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Some people are genuinely thankful for the opportunity and are being polite. I don't say thanks all of the time because it seems like everyone here has turned having manners into a criminal offense.
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When someone c/p any variant of 'thanks' it loses all meaning and it just becomes spam.
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I can understand that, however, not everyone does it. Obviously its impossible to differentiate who does and who doesn't but I don't think anyone should be chastised for saying thanks. What is it that really bothers people about it? Does it irritate you to see the messages clutter your inbox?
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The problem is not with saying thanks, it's with copy pasting the same "thanks" message, everywhere, every time. I usually have multiple giveaways running at the same time and find the same people posting the exact same "Thanks" comment. I personally like it when people actually comment on the game given, on something in the description, or in case of entering multiple giveaways even slightly changing the message each time or you know, anything to tell it's not an automated response which means nothing. At least that's what I do when I leave a comment.
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I usually go with simple "Thank you" unless I have something I can relate to or manage to come up with something witty. That way gifter can, if he wants to, easily filter it out with script.
I thank on giveaways to show my appreciation for chance given, so everytime its hand typed. And assume the same is true for others commeting on my gas. (Yes, I know and have seen scripts and CP in action, but I like to think it's minority)
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Thanks for the opportunity!
Yeah, was someone that posted exactly the sam line with that in it in lot of giveaways, he was even in some common groups I think. Once you know that is their automated message, it loses it's value/meaning.
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It is quite easy to differentiate. Just write a different message to each giveaway.
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it's not hard to do either! :p
I don't enter any more, but I used to generally talk about why I wanted the game I was entering for, or if the creator posted something in the description I'd respond to that
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Who is to say people are copying and pasting? That's a huge assumption. I try to say thanks on every one I enter.
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I don't C&P. My comments are usually "Thanks" "Thanks a bunch" "Thank you :)" "Much appreciated" .... etc. etc. But I type out every single one of them. I'll only say more if the game has some special significance to me or if the creator asks something/wants a specific response.
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Interesting that a 2 button combination takes the meaning out of something. I honestly don't care if they type a "T" and "Y" or hit "CTRL" + "C", they are still making a conscious effort to show appreciation. I will take that over having 50 entries and 2 thank yous any day of the week.
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Not everyone. I still support being thankful in the giveaway comments section, as long as it isn't a boring copy pasted comment.
I usually type something funny or interesting, and a thanks at the same time. I just feel guilty otherwise (I know I shouldn't).
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There are for sure. But reality is most of these messages are automated, very apparent in public giveaways.
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Then I'm screwed? :/ It always nags me when I enter a giveaway that I have to say "thanks" in some kind of way, otherwise it feels like taking advantage of someone's generosity :(
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I wouldn't worry it that much. You cannot please everyone with same manners as people have different opinions. Just remember to show your appreciation at some point if you win.
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^ This. I don't want to spam anybody, but it seems very rude not to give some kind of acknowledgement!
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I just wanna be thanksful to ppl who giveaway games for the others. They can play this game/give it to friends/sell it, but they wanted to giveaway it to us. So I just need to thanks about it :)
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Nah, the keyboard is just really big.
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They can't redeem the game if they already own it. They can't give it to friends if they don't have any. They can't sell keys if they're all bundle keys and even if they weren't, they wouldn't be bothered to go through that kind of trouble for hundreds of them. I have no idea who I'm talking about.
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I say "thank you" because I genuinely appreciate what is being given away. However, I know some people just use scripts or whatever to spam it.
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Because some do it because they want to say thanks and it just how they are.Some see it as spam of sorts but i do not,though i also do not care if people say thanks or not when i do a GA i leave it up to them.
I think to blacklist someone for saying thanks is not the right choice but that is just how i feel,i think saying thanks is same as thanking someone for holding the door open for you or such,because it is the right thing to do,as in both cases neither is forced to be nice but choose to do so.
If the creator does not wish to have replies they can say so when they make the GA/Post.I would rather see someone say thanks you then a random post about Volvo,Potato or the even worse the Thanks for Skyrim or Bad Rats. I consider that more spam more then i do a thanks you.
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I think it's because they believe in karma. If there is a game I really would like to win, I just comment something to make my chances higher (not mathematically, but spiritually). Nearly all of them are based on thanks but with added a word or two, or in another language.
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Because it's a polite thing to do. Simple as that. Even if it's spam it's polite to thank another person for a chance of winning a free game.
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Agreed, most of us are raised to say thank you for something that has been offered. I always try to leave a thank you in the comments because it is nice to do, unless the person has requested something else then I try to do that.
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Same. It's actually quite appalling how many people on Steamgifts appear to have been raised otherwise.
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I find it truly shocking that there are some who actually argue against saying thanks. It's quite obvious they're just looking for reasons to be lazy.
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My thoughts exactly:) Thank you for your commnent!
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What really bummers the spirit is the number of people who do not thank even after winning.
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I'm usually pretty good about thanking in advance, so I didn't use to thank after. But with the new system, I like saying thanks again while notifying the creator once the game has been activated and marked as received.
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Personally it does not matter at which point the winner shows appreciation. But I have had many winners who do not thank at all at any point. They simple take the gift and leave.
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Agreed. Funny thing, most voices calling thankig spam come from ppl not making many giveaways
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I used to say thanks on any giveaways I entered when I first joined. I felt it was the appropriate thing to do. However with all the scripts to autojoin autothanks snipe keys etc I started only commenting when the descriptions ask me too. In the majority of my giveaways I specifically tell people not to say thanks. I personally dont want to log into a billion thanks to find out I missed a message I do care about because I just marked all as read and moved on.
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Personnaly I appreciate every comment on my giveaways even if I don't mind that most people don't do it.
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I haven't been using steamgifts that long. At first I thought it was bots, but I asked questions and stuff in a few giveaways and a surprising number of people responded appropriately. So I guess it is often just people being polite - and I don't really need an inbox full of 'thanks!' but I'm not going to complain about people being polite. People commenting simply 'ty' feels a little disrespectful to me though. And for all I know people commenting in cyrillic script might be saying 'I am outside your building making the love to your livestock!!!'
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I do not care one way or the other.
Unless it is stated in the giveaway description to not do so.
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If i remember it right it was written somewhere in rules or something.
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Saying "thank you" in these days of blacklist is like F*Y. Saddly =/
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Not thanking is equally likely to get you blacklisted.
You're best off deleting your Steamgifts account altogether, and spending the rest of your days drinking turps and playing Bad Rats.
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People who are annoyed by reading thanks in their giveaway, should try writing the GA description in binary and making sure to read every single comment... a simple, common, overused "thanks" comment will suddently look so wonderful :P (Yes, I'm speaking from experience XD)
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Hahaha! It would be awesome to write a script such that every "thanks" and "thank you" shows up instead as "your are amazingly good looking" and "I wish I had your intelligence".
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Well, then they shouldn't make giveaways if they are displeased to be praised.
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I saw that one:) I translated description and couple random comments, but it was too much for m:D I should try to write some kind of script to handle that kind of situations.
EDIT: Can you post link to that GA? Just in case:)
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Here: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/5jATw/the-lego-movie-videogame
Kicked myself few times for that idea XD
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you say thanks you get blacklisted by some ppl,you say nothing you get blacklisted by others.maybe adding a random gif is better and more safe.
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Very few are trully thankful.
Most of them use a shitty bot to enter every possible giveaway and leave behind a blank ty. If you click on the profiles of some of them you will notice 2 strange things:
- You have never seen them on the forums while
- They have 6k comments in just 5-6 months
Will i be wrong if i blacklist them?
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Thanks! Just kidding. It's probably a bot, especially if its the exact same comment on two giveaways running at the same time. Personally, I don't comment often, and when I do I try to make it topical, because I would rather have no comment than a bottled response so that's what I do for others.
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I find it kind of weird how something can have like 50 comments and all of them are just "Thanks!!!" "Thanks :)" or something like that. It makes it look like everybody is just spamming it.
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