What do you think about replies to thank you messages?

If he thanks you without knowing, put him on the white list ;)

I do the same, and often add a "Have fun playing the game".

When someone says thank you when entering the giveway I find it so hollow. It's all copy pasted and doesn't show any real gratitude, I've seen people leaving the same exact message on every giveaway they entered. When someone says thank you after winning that's another thing, especially when they showed their excitement at winning something.

That nice, because get a notation on steamgift that let me know that the key have been worked well.
I may reply, depend of the message and the game i offer.
But not enough for whitelist (mainly focus on recent ga and around a 1:1 ratio for whitelist).

On my side when i win a game, i always send " Key worked well, thanks for the game. "

From a winner it is nice and polite way which I consider as unwritten rule of what people should do. If people say thank you on entering on the other way, they are bots or dumbasses. Really hate to see red envelopes on public giveaways. Even at 5/6+ level I still find people doing it.

Saying thank you for a won game is a display of courtesy which I appreciate. Thank you messages entering the giveaway are a red flag for autojoin activity.

Both join and received messages can be scripted. There can be no reply if there is no initial message. Problem solved.

Two SG members
Met in a GA comment section
Bowed most politely
And bowed once again
"How do you do?"
And "How do you do?"
And "How do you do?" again

It goes on and on.

depends ... if they are from the winner, appreciated! ... if they are from randoms and spammed on every ga i got ... well, that might land you on my blacklist

edit ... i should read questions ... thats nice overall! also appreciate it

It's terrible, it sets me under pressure to behave like a civilized person too! But I already left a thank you, society should be satisfied with that.

I think being polite is a good habit. I say thank you if I win and I only reply to the winner of my giveaways.

But I did get a thank you yesterday from someone who entered a giveaway over a year ago and didn't win. I'm guessing a script spammed every giveaway they entered. I didn't bother replying to that one.

Post win acknowledgement is basic courtesy, acknowledgement of that comment should be equally returned. Then full stop unless there is valid reason to continue the conversation with more information provided. I've seen people say receipts can be scripted, which may be true but far more unlikely than pre-win thank you.

Pre-win comments have been marred by potential BOTs and that will never go away, so take it or leave it as you get to know personalities I suppose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ

I always leave a note when I win a GA, and Its nice when they write a reply - Let's me know that I should reply more often when folks say thanks after winning my GAs.

I'm totally ok with that.

I'll be sure to reply with a thank you when I win the giveaway.

thanks for the discussion.

I always make sure to thank the giveaway creator, but only when I win. Spam thanks are bad for the environment.

I'm kinda happy. I don't expect even a thank you, while it feels to be the fitting minimum. Still doesn't happen all the time, but I guess being happy about people thanking a game is better, than being angry when they don't.

This seems like a non-hypothetical question... did someone actually get upset at you for saying 'you're welcome'?

A little courtesy goes a long way, i say.

Seems to me like a bunch of people misunderstood OP. It was about the giveaway creator replying to getting a thank you message from the winner, not someone saying thanks for winning. So like what people think of the giveaway creator coming back to the winner who said "Thanks" to tell them "You're welcome". At least that's what I seem to understand at the top. That is something I already do, everyone who won one of my giveaways and said thanks I've always replied back and told them they're welcome and to enjoy, or if it was more detailed I replied in more detail. Sometimes the users came back weeks or months after to tell me they enjoyed the game, so to me it's a positive.

Thanks after activating and marking the gift received is nice.
Comments about the game and having finished playing it from the winner is the cherry on the top, and I might even whitelist them.
Thanks before the key has even been sent, to me is rude & impatient.
Sometimes if I don't receive a message of thanks from a user, I see if they have a habit of not showing gratitude, and may blacklist them.
This doesn't happen often, but if I'm giving away decent games, I expect a positive response from the winner.

I see it as standard practice. The winner says "thanks", I respond "you're welcome", everything is fine in the world.
It just seems like the polite thing to do, at least to me. Although some times I respond with "enjoy the game" just to add some variety.

I usually reply with Have a nice/cool week ahead, if its a Monday or a Tuesday. Or have a great weekend. Or Happy Sunday!

Or....If I have some specific thought(complementary/positive) that pops to my mind when I see their username/pic.
Maybe I might insert a gif ocassionally, If I feel like it.
There is no particular generic reply I have in mind.

Edit: But I do think one should always acknowledge someone's else thanking gesture. So a basic 'you're welcome' is better than nothing.

I appreciate when people thank me after winning a game, and I always try to reply to return the courtesy and say "you're welcome." I'm never bothered when people don't say it to me after I thank them for a game I've won, though.

I do, however, find it annoying when my SG inbox gets inundated with "thank you" messages from people who have entered my giveaways but NOT won. I don't blacklist or yell at them. I just quietly find it annoying and move on with my life. 🙂