Which of these annoys you more?

People who post a comment saying "thanks!" or something similar.
Especially if it's a mod.

Now that you mention this I remembered something that actually tends to annoy me. People who open useless threads.

What annoys me most is people who create fake giveaways.

2

Those dumbasses shouldn't be blind

Neither. What annoys me is people who comment as though the fake giver just posted a video of himself beating an old granny to death with a sack full of puppies. I've seen everything short of death threats. So what, the guy probably didn't understand what the site is for. I don't see why people think it merits such venom.

You know what is really just a pet peeve of mine... people who say "Thanks for <insert game name>." in the comments. I mean the odds are against you winning the game even if it's real. It's not like entering the game is equivalent to you receiving the game. When I comment, I usually say something like "Thanks for the opportunity." I know. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I'm not losing sleep over it.

The second "one".

I hate it when people only say "thanks" or "thanks for the giveaway", as if putting some freaking effort into posting something more is asking for something impossible.

i don't get upset about the internet because i am not a child.

Thanks for the post, it helped me think about things. I like #2.

first one
I think saying thanks is nice. It may mean nothing to other people but gifter shoul feel gratitude from other people.

Two things:

I don't see why should I be annoyed by people who do something that doesn't affect me, anything or anyone except themselves. If anything, I feel bad for them.

This thread basically says that to be trustful and to expect decency = to be stupid. I find that rather sad.

1 bothers me the most, as it is the only choice. Most people don't read the giveaways, so it's their loss.

I don't get why people absolutely must receive so much gratitude from entrants, trying to grow yourself an altruistic e-winkie?

I'm perfectly fine with one thanks, not with hundreds - I actually prefer people saying something witty about the character in my avatar or something. Not complaining if 90% of giveaway entrants don't say thanks at all. If anything, I would be disappointed if the winner of my giveaway didn't say thanks in an e-mail reply or something. I think THAT is what "basic courtesy" is all about.

People who complain about people not thanking, then complain about people thanking if they don't happen to realize its a fake giveaway.

thanks! (guess it's what you want to hear!)

I say thanks as a basic courtesy in group giveaways but for public ones I don't really bother since the chances are so dim to begin with.

If I win, I usually add the guy on steam to thank him but otherwise, its like thanking the lottery guys.

Some people REALLY do not know if it is fake. I am pretty new around here and try to read everything important to avoid making mistakes. But how should I know for sure if a giveaway is fake? If I enter it and write my "thank you" note I just want to be polite. Sure, sometimes I assume it might be fake. But I try not to be rude then and think the best of the person. It is up to the Mods to decide what to do, not mine.

It makes more sense to be angry about those who start those giveaways than laughing about "stupid" people who just want to be polite.

I don't get annoyed by any of these things because they are silly things to be annoyed by.