Do you whitelist back everyone who whitelist you?
Omg... isn't that picture from a really old thread where someone said if someone could make a picture of of an elephant with (item), (item), and (item) it'd be perfect/awesome or something like that?
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There so no certain criteria for me, I might like something they said, something they did like an event on SG, or just generosity. Just like what you said. Or sometimes I make a puzzle event and add some first solvers to my whitelist for temporarily.
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To me that's how whitelist should be use, but lately I've seen so much tread where people are whitelisting people just to they get whitelisted back. I don't think it's the majority though, or at least not the majority of higher levels user (and by higher levels I mean like 4 and higher).
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Same exact thing. And lo! We ended up whitelisting each other. lol
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To answer the question in your title:
I manage my whitelist with a fantastic tool
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Awesome, thanks for the link, I was looking for something like that:)
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Simple really:
Use the whitelist for good - those who have whitelisted you, those with decent giveaway to win ratios and generally good people.
Use the blacklist for bad - frauds, cheaters, scammers, etc.
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Yes you're right, I love discovering that someone added me on their whitelist. It's always a nice surprise and an awesome feeling as it means that I did something right:)
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I place people on my WL if
a) I like what they say in various discussion here and/or in comments on my GAs
b) they're active in the puzzles section
c) sometimes if they are people I know through steam groups/ my friendlist.
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Well as long as you hate everybody equal, I'm good with that;)
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Random things that I like about a person - good ratio, weak ratio but giving away games that I find underrated and not as popular as they should be, some funny opinions... many many reasons.
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WL reasons:
- more or less active users I like (comments, events, ideas, caring for the community, puzzles, really great ratios...)
- Great GAs
- new users that fit in, e.g. creating a "Hello World" thread with a little nice GA (e.g. Fortix) and seeming to be a nice person
- reasons
- Edit: Being a member of support. All complaining aside, they are doing an awesome job.
I go through my WL every now and then and if someone did not leave a lasting impression, I remove them. So there is a constant flux if you smooth over a timeframe of month.
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Yeah, that's a good way to do it, I guess going through your whitelist regularly making sure the people are there for a good reason. I'm just starting on mine, but it's progressing well as there are so many awesome people on SG:)
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I whitelist people who make the time I spend on Steamgifts enjoyable. It can be for making a lot of great giveaways, or simply making some entertaining or helpful comments in the forum. Whether some has me whitelisted does not affect who I add myself.
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That's a great way to look at, I think a whitelist should be about people who stand out somehow; whether it be awesome ratio, doing something nice, funny, awesome... But certainly not about whitelisting somebody with the intention that they will necessarly whitelist you back... But it seems that for some people it's what it's all about:(
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I whitelist everyone, who make a trade with me (and give me +rep) or creators of giveaways i win (sometimes creator of good giveaway).
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No. And it wouldn't matter anyway, because I don't really do whitelist giveaways.
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I only WL people if they catch my eye, I really like them, AND remember whitelists exist all at the same time. It's not really a big deal to me because I've never done any WLGAs and I'm not sure if I ever will, so I don't think people I forget to WL will be missing out on much. I'm grateful when someone else adds me to their WL though.
Thanks for the GA by the way.
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I whitelist people based upon what I perceive to be their character.
As for being on other people's whitelists, I do nothing to encourage it, nor do I reward it. I cannot be bribed, although some people keep pretending to do so. P
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Yes, I think that's what it should be about, not that whitelist 4 whitelist stuff...
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I havent made a whitelisted giveaway yet, but when i do, it would be only for people i have seen on this website to be genrous and nice and it would be available to my friends :)
Also, if you dont mind me asking, why am i blacklisted? :|
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Actually that would be because of the referral link you posted not long ago, without saying that it was a referral. I didn't really like being tricked into giving you a referral, which if you had said it was I might not have mind actually.
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Yeah, im finding alot of blacklists from that. I can't change what I did nor can I change your mind on the blacklist. It was just a stupid mistake on my part. :|
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I've never done a WL giveaway but I'm planning to. As for how I manage it, I used to add anyone with a good enough ratio but then I started noticing some of them weren't really "nice" people and I cleaned it. Now I'm slowly building it with mainly people that I've noticed for good things (just as Zomby2D said)
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I whitelist those who help me in my plan to conquer the world / gift me Fallout 4.
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People i've won a game from
Funny commenters, sometimes group members
People with a good ratio
They who whitelist me
SG chat regulars B1
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No I don't. I also don't necessarily blacklist people who blacklisted me.
My only criterion is being active and nice. I've stopped adding people to my whitelist though, because I feel I have too many users on it. I want the entrants to have good odds on these giveaways.
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Yes if your whitelist get too big, it kind of defeats the purpose of rewarding the people you see as deserving, by giving them greater odd...
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On the other hand it does ensure that whoever wins the giveaway is a good member of this community, which is something other types of giveaways don't provide. I've had some very bad experiences with public giveaways, including Level 4 ones, but my whitelist has never failed me.
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You are right, A couples days ago I did a GA for 5 copies at level too; I had too sent a ticket to ask for reroll on two of them. Of course one of them wasn't accepted because the person had already served their suspension and the other was acepted, but it was the second time that he was winning multiples, so I'm assuming no lesson learned...
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I have chosen "It depends".
If I discover a whitelist GA by chance. I check the contributor's status on sgtools.
If that looks fine I add them too on my whitelist.
(Of course I also have other people on my whitelist, but this thread is only about whitelisting someone back).
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Yeah lately I've seen so many people whitelisting others just in the intent of getting whitelisted back that it made me wonder how others saw it, personnally I don't think whitelisting should be about getting whitelisted back, but more about rewarding someone who has done or said something that I appreciated.
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As you answered I may share why I whitelisted most people.
Keep in mind that I control everyone (sgtools) before adding them. I will forgive old mistakes (1 per level).
- I won someone's GA.
- I received someone's key drop.
- GAs I joined on events that I appreciated much, such as London Underground or The Haunted House. (Yes, GAs I joined, not necessarily won).
- Friends. (Inb4 I get invite spam on Steam: I mean people I know personally or that I played much with).
- The one I mentioned in my post above.
- If I create a thread asking for help at something, the first one that gave a satisfying answer.
I may have forgotten something, I editted it already 3 times adding further reasons.
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this is pretty much my criteria too, with the addition that if I notice that I enter a lot of giveaways from a particular user because they have a tendency to give away really nice games I will add that user to my whitelist.
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That's a great idea, I never thought of it, but it's true some users I did notice that I enter several of their GA.
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With all those whitelist and whitelist 4 whitelist tread lately, I've been wondering; do you whitelist back everyone who whitelist you? I personnally like to whitelist people somewhat randomly (meaning if I see someone with a great ratio or someone who I see say or do something that I liked). But I've been curious; how do you manage your whitelist?
And of course here's the GA: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/tcGvw/to-be-or-not-to-be
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