How many winners never say thanks to the contributor?

I say thanks in steam chat. No point thanking in a giveaway I didn't win :P

The one I did do, The guy adds me to steam, and says WHERE IS MY GAME? In bad english, I told him I didn't even know it ended, give me a few and he started to get mad and crap, It's a shame I even had to give it to the ungrateful prick.

Considering no-one has any sway wot-so-ever on the results of a giveaway I'd say it's more appropriate to initially express gratitude for the making the giveaway, unless they're thanking for fulfilling of promise & sending the game. Personally, if I'm a recipient of a win I like to thank the giver - it's just basic manners. Yet quite often it's done via steam chat & I don't really see the point in adding a "thank you" to a closed giveaway, especially when you perhaps have already thanked the person... I mean would they even see it??

Basic manners go a long way IMO, yet it wouldn't bother me if some don't share the same view.

Well I guess I'll try again... lets see if this one has good outcomes

Every person who has won my giveaways has said thank you. All my giveaways have been public, and all the winners are still on my friends list. Not all public giveaways are bad :)

I don't care. I rarely have something to giveway, but when I do is just to raise my contributor status, so fuck it. And Im not being sarcastic.

When I win I say over 9000 "Thanks". So I said 9000 x 5 = over 9000.

I don't always say "thanks" when I enter giveaway (mostly do it when I'm really thankful for the chance of winning something I've wanted) but I do my best to at least thank for winning (that's why it's great when op gives the game by adding the winner on steam - I can thank him personally). With my giveaways, I've been giving the games through steam, having little chat with the winners. It's good to talk to some strangers once in a while and wishing them good day/night ^^

I don't always enter giveaways, but when I do, I make sure to thank the giveaway creator, my mother, my friends, my cats, and everyone who helped me be where I am today.

This may sound a bit too "zen", but you should not make your happiness dependent on external factors.

I don't really see why people thanking you would matter that much. Some people have been raised in a barn, some people are dead inside and some people are just plain [how much can I swear here again?]. I bet there are some people more grateful for the mere change of winning a game than some actual winners ever will be; but perhaps too afraid to say anything, thinking it'll be awkward. One genuine show of appreciation should hopefully matter more than twenty silent recipients.

… and if it all really gets to you so much, then don't make any more giveaways for a while. You should only gift people things if it makes you warm and fuzzy inside. For example, I got fed up with this community a bit ago (for different reasons), so I gave away a game on Twitter instead. Given, the calibre of my contributions is much smaller, so I don't matter as much, but the principle stands.

Ugh, this stupid "thanks" crap again...

I imagine most group/privates giveaways people say thanks.

I imagine a lot of people don't say thanks in public ones. But I have nothing to back that up really.

for public giveaways i just say thanks when i win~ for group/private thats another story

Just make private giveaways in the future, share them with your friends only and you should be fine. There are already some people who are making bots to enter giveaways for them because "there are just too many of them and they cant get to enter them all" or some who are using thank you scripts (which is even more of a dick move than not saying thanks)
I always felt sick whenever i saw one of those "we need a thank you button" threads and there was one guy who said something like "i only say thanks so people wouldnt give me hard time but i dont really mean it"

I joined recently SG, 3 weeks ago to be more precise, I made the first one, guy didn't comment but said thanks to me directly on Steam.

second one, very positive, said thanks on comment and was so clearly delighted about winning the prize that went into Steam and said thanks to me about 5 times, he even left this message in my profile: "Thank you SO much for Trine 2! Always wanted this."

latest one this week didn't said thanks on giveaway but said thanks to me directly on Steam.

but I absolutely get your point and feel bad about you has I read every single comment when I make a giveaway, 1 cool guy not joining even left a very nice comment thanking me for my generosity in my 3rd giveaway.

and of course I never forget to say thanks on giveaways for the opportunity to win a free game.

so, since I joined I can say it is positive and the community has been nice towards me. hope your experience improves and you can relax about it :)

From my experience thus far, I've never had a public giveaway winner thank me or comment on the giveaway.
All of my group giveaway winners commented on the giveaway and contacted me separately afterwards to thank me.

i made a give away I never even read the comments THANKSSSS

I thank of all the private and group giveaways I enter and if I win I thank the people by steam chat :D

Honestly I stopped paying attention. I mostly gift to private giveaway groups that invite based on community/social requirements, rather than gifting value or anything like that. So generally they all thank me and comment, etc

I've gotten thanks from all the stuff I've given away, and I always say thanks multiple times to the people I win from.

I don't spam every single giveaway I enter with thanks, though. Doesn't feel... good?

I would, but unless someone is already on your Friends list, Steam makes it strangely difficult to send a direct message to them. I gave props to both the people I've won things from on videos in my LP series on YouTube, so there's that at least.

Maybe it's just you OP. In the 7 giveaways I've given - all the winners thanked me; and in the 5 giveaways I've won - I've said thanks to all the giveaway makers. Then again my numbers are insignificant compared to the giveaways you've done.

Well the first giveaway I made which was not too long ago, I know the winner thanked me. And while I'm more of a person to say thanks once/if I won, I find that not all games are sent through Steam (I think), but if I were to receive said gift, and through a chat with the person I'd say thanks. but I found that just in case, I'll say thanks in advance should I win.
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ive done all giveaways ive been involved with here (well, 3 on sg) via steam, not email, and everyone has been very cordial and thankful, as was I when i won. I'm sure a lot of people arent cool about it, but thats my 2 cents.

Always.