There's data on the ratio of Thankers to Non-Thankers, and if you really wanted to figure it out, you could compared individual comments, but in the end, it really doesn't matter. Most of the time, non-thankers will win, just as has been the case, since most entries are by non-thankers. But that's okay. I don't think most giveaway creators care that much. I don't thank unless it's a special request one, such as "Say your favorite food instead of thanking me," because after the 20th giveaway entry in a row, I feel very disingenuous saying thank you and trying to be original with it, as I am one of those people who prizes originality. I doubt most giveaway creators read the comments section on their giveaways unless it has one of those special requests; I know I never do. Am I wrong? Should I start thanking again?

Who knows, it might already be included in the new release! It has been mentioned many times before, so they are well aware of the choice of implementing it.

I understand your logic and agree it would be better that way but people as a whole are dumber than rocks and will still spam thanks in the comments so it probably won't clean up the comment section.

Thanks!

Nooo button ?

I am sure there are people who thank for the post count, they'll say something else instead like "I express my gratitude, so and so person"

This was suggested before. There are no plans to implement it at the moment, and it's doubtful that it'll be ever be planned.

It's a less personal way of thanking the gifter. I don't see any benefit of having it.

You can add your own "thanks button"

http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/bcax1/automatic-thanks-when-entering-giveaway-userscript-v14/

i hand-type all of my thanks

I think I get the reason but not the point, it would definitely clear up all the comments on an entry but I would guess most entry times go so quickly that this isn't much of a problem, and that most people don't actually read the comments much for it to be a super huge problem? The biggest problem I see with it though is that I can see people start wanting the Thanks button to mean something, and we'll start seeing plz gyz lyk me giveaway. Its also feels less personal to me.

Although on the other hand I would more likely press a button then type out a thanks since it is simpler for me, I would imagine that a lot of private giveaways would prefer it as well as they may actually use the comment part of an entry for actual comments?

Also may be good and bad, people may start using the Thanks amount to rate how good or bad a profile is and whether it should be included in the private group stuff.

Funny/sad thing that happened to me: ive won a giveaway but because i didn't said thanks before it ended(only after) he re-rolled it.

Yeah. Considering my luck(lack of it) that pissed me even more. People have weird ideas, guess a ctrl+v from a stranger without second tought make them feel better, who knows?

no

Who really cares?

The only real difference, is that this way would be a lot easier to automate and you're creating more work for support by making "Thanks" a reportable offence.

Great plan!

I don't understand why people typing thanks is being deemed as untidy or something that needs cleaning up. What's wrong with it?
Wouldn't mind a thanks button and if people would prefer it then cool, but I don't see the need to try and stop people typing it in a comment.

Or just stop allowing comments on giveaways from increasing your comment count.

I hand-type every one of my thanks / thank you / spanks / thanks a bunch / ...

there are only so many ways to express my gratitude towards the giveaway creator.

and my room is just too small to invite everyone over for blackjack and hookers.

on the other hand, if the GA creator takes the time to nicely ask what my current favorite movie is, I will gladly answer that instead of posting yet another form of "thanks"

anyway, as others already pointed out, this has been suggested before and it will not be implemented.

A thank you should never be as impersonal as pushing a general button, it is more fun say thank you in your own way

Why do you need a thank you at all? I'm almost certain EVERYONE that enters the giveaway is thankful for it...? am i wrong?

Random thought: search function?

Imagine this: People using it to find old/closed topics with the same suggestions they wanted to make and more or less see what people/mods think about the idea.

Also "no thanking giveaway creator for the game in comment section" would be the most ridiculous idea. Imagine support ticket:

• But I want to thank them with something more personal than a button
• No! You are not allowed to do that
• But my customs/OCD/whatever else require me to thank someone for giving me the chance to win this
• NO! Do not do this or you will get banned (because of reasons?). Just use the damn button, will you?

Makes sense right? Right???

Not a benefit:

• (almost) empty public giveaway comment sections
• posts:entries ratios would be kind of pointless considering it was enough to write thanks on every giveaway entered to keep it 1:1 (and some people don't do this for many reasons), without this it would be a requirement that you are a very chatty person or enter hardly any giveaways
• people bitching about "thanks" comments would be replaced by those who want to give/get "thanks" comments or those allowing this kind of comments but getting hardly any because they would get used to not writing their thanks; this probably leading to disappointment and for some lack of satisfaction leading to feeling not appreciated
• killing personalized gratitude; sure there are people who might copy-paste their thanks but there are also users who not only type every thanks separately but also mean it so why would we rob giveaway creators from this genuine gratitude not just for the game or in fact a chance to win one but also for their generosity