Mandatory giveaway descriptions

Most fake ones I have seen had something written in the description actually.

If anything this is just another loop real people would have to jump through.

I don't know, I'm only posting because of the mandatory reply to forum thread policy

I think at least clarity on gift versus key would be helpful, especially as so many people have their inventories on private.

For example, I've entered a giveaway for Company of Heroes Pack. If it's a gift, great. If it's a key, I would assume it's really the THQ bundle. And then I don't need to waste 50 points.

Anyway, it may not be an idea the mods are willing to implement, but it's not a bad topic for discussion.

The idea for the mandatory options you listed is what I disagree with most. If someone wants to win a game I am giving away it shouldn't matter what format it is in, or how I acquired (except in cases of exploited keys) or even if I have to say something at all. Every giveaway here is optional, and we shouldn't force generous donors to do more than they want to on their giveaways. If people don't want to be disappointed by entering a fake giveaway then please don't enter.

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If fake giveaways are a big issue with you my suggestion would be check out the givers profile and see their history. It will let you make an educated guess.

IMO a mandatory description is a bad idea.
But options like "type"(gift/key) or "source"(list of popular sites + "other") would be nice. It won't change anything about fake giveaways, though.

I suggested such a thing ages ago.

i do support the is it a gift or key idea

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(I guess you see the problem.)

Honestly, fake giveaways don't bother me that much. If it's deleted then I get my points back. If it isn't deleted then I probably didn't win anyway. If I do win, and it is fake, then I haven't truly lost anything. So why get upset?

Ergo, making everybody jump through hoops (even if they do seem like trifles) just to attempt to stop a few people from doing something that doesn't really hurt anyone (and won't stop the determined anyway) doesn't seem like a great idea to me. It's like bad DRM.

Speaking of fake giveaways, I'm still confused about what people get out of making them. If they're caught, the listing will get deleted and they'll get suspended and if they aren't caught, the person who won will report that they didn't receive anything and the person who created the giveaway won't get points.