What makes you blacklist people?

My most important reason for joining my blacklist is if someone wins a game from me and then i see him/her online everyday but not activating the game. This really pisses me off.

Then of course if someone doesn't say thanks (applies to old accounts that know what this site is) gets in the list as well.
Also i never remove people from my blacklist (except in very rare occasions). There is a reason someone is in there.

Edit: i got 5 blacklists since the community train started. Probably people that found out they are missing a chance to win a good game.

I use my blacklist VERY moderately. It's a spot reserved for the worse of the worse, when your actions are so rude, disrespectful, mean-spirited, or malicious that I truly do not want to have anything to do with you.

I'll never blacklist for ratio, giveaways quality/quantity, or opinions because that would be both a waste of time and pretty petty if you ask me. Even having a poor attitude isn't a concern as long as you generally remain respectful towards others and the community here.

To put it in perspective, I have blacklisted 28 people after 7 years here (I used to maintain a blacklist before SG officially had that feature). Be be fair though, I did nearly entirely empty it at some point and started over because I felt I was blacklisting people too liberally.

First group would be those using autojoiners, leaking invite only giveaway links and entering using leaked links. If you don't have access its for a reason.

Second group is those who dehumanise groups of people, not being limited to gender, race, religion or sexual oreintation. Its not productive and is something I find to be reprehensible.

Third group is those who exploit their positions on this site.

I blacklist those that blacklisted me just so I know who it was but that's about it, I don't blacklist anyone I disagree with or anyone who made "mistakes" like giving away their wins, ... those I just report and move on.
And I'm not mad when I get blacklisted, I barely enter giveaways anyway (though it's also been some time since I created one....)

i blacklist homophobes, sexists, and racists. everyone else gets a pass, life is too short and i don't care if someone thanks me for a gib or not.

Talking about the blacklist will get you blacklisted
Then again, talking in general will get you blacklisted

When I think of someone to be a game hoarder, so I don't want to be the guy who help them to get the +1 in their library, people with bad ratio (100+ more wons than gives), or just those, who dont even say a simple thanks after they activate their gifts (i consider it a rude behaviour).

Reasons why I blacklist:

1. Racist or homophobic comments. Also if the person is rude in general.
2. Breaking the rules.
3. Scammers
4. Leechers

I don't.

Don't really have a hard set of rules -- despite the names "whitelist" and "blacklist", I think it is rare for situations to be "black" and "white". I think in shades of gray and prefer it to be a judgement call on a case-by-case basis. For me, it is less of an "I don't want them in my GA's" thought process so much as an "I don't want anything from this person" thought process (yes, BL's work both ways).

Probably blatant rudeness is the #1 infraction for me BL'ing someone. Acting like you are morally superior is #2. I don't mind bad language whatsoever. And I am politically independent so I am willing to hear someone out on their viewpoints without blacklisting them even if they differ from my own. If I feel they were being assholes / narrow-minded / sanctimonious then I might BL. But it really depends on intent, degree, and situation; there is no one-size-fits-all.

I have loved ones with high-functioning autism (aspergers) so that has somewhat taught me to stop and re-consider something that was said not just as it sounds but then also in terms of what the other person might really mean instead of immediately reacting. I'm not perfect at it but getting better. But I wish more people would try to do this first before moving onto the "assume the worst, call them [insert negative] label, and dismiss/insult/ostracize" phases.

I don't usually blacklist people and I only 93 people on mine, and I'm here for 7 years. For example I blacklist people who's been here for a long time and took a lot more than they gave (you can use the term 'leecher'), if I inspect their profiles somehow, so most of them I find usually the ones who won one of my giveaways. :)

I also blacklist VAC bans if I chance upon (not much for now though).

The only people on my blacklist are re-gifters.

People are using blacklist as a "warn". For me it's thug feature.
I block people who are incredibly annoying, they don't want to be okay, they only mean harm and hate others.
When I say something people don't agree, sometimes I check if I got blacklisted. And I don't fail to be amused that I actually DO got a blacklist, because I dared to have different opinion. They even say it's okay that You blacklist people because of such trivial reason.
For me blacklisting people should be double edge. Some troll blacklist You, but they lost ability to enter Your giveaways as well. Maybe some people would not abuse this system that way.

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/pxlgT/reasons-for-blacklist lists the main reasons people blacklist. Choose from any of those.

Bigotry is my main hot button, so whether you're being racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, bashing people because of their religion, etc., that'll usually get you a blacklist. To clarify this, there is a difference between ignorance and willful ignorance; sometimes, you just don't know, and I'm not going to fault you for that, but if it's clear that you know the difference and just don't care, that's when I'll blacklist you. That and things like making rape jokes, especially if you're going to call it a "social experiment" after the fact like, "Oh, now you're the asshole!" I do my best to educate, and if you're not willing to be educated, then I'll just move on; you usually don't get anywhere by actively fighting with people, and that just gets you mad and stressed out, so it's rarely worth the hassle.

• idiots: broad definition (from rude behavior to racism or similar bigotry)
• sg-poor™: aka selfish (example: those with a rtx 2080 and 2k games but are too poor top drop some bundles in public giveaways; people finding money magically on steam sales then buying everything for themselves)
• revenge-blacklist: just returning the favor ^^

I haven't blacklisted anyone yet.
The only reason I would is if they either don't mark something as received and don't bother to reply why they can't receive it, or cause some massive drama.

I'm pretty easy at giving whitelists though - people with good stats, regulars on blaeo, people participating in PAGYWOSG and people I notice that play their games (whether that's beaten/completed wins or just a generally high achievement percentage of their games owned).

I'd rather reward people then exclude if possible!

I was tempted to use it by reading gratuitous nastiness/agressivity, but i cleaned it a long time ago and didn't use again. Anyway i rarely gift now and prefer to whitelist some people who try to be nice to others.

I asked a similar question before and the lesson I learned: it's what it's, just let them flow as you can't please everyone :)

I blacklist people mostly for extremely negative ratio for leeching on others, lot inactivated wins, then I sometimes check my ex winners if they really played game won from me, if they idled it, they are welcome on my blacklist. Also I do not like people who never say thank you, for me it is rude when they get free game. One (resp. two) I have blacklisted for having two sg accounts. And the rest were people from discussions when they wrote some agressive comment, unfortunately I do not later remember what it was about :D and recently I started blacklist also people who never played single game, but leech in small groups where we are together.

However, I also whitelist people who really play games from me, unfortunately these are a lot lower, from my 132 successfully delivered wins I whitelisted two winners, which spend some nice time with games and haven't let it take dust, idled or unlocked all by SAM for statistics. I recently started to do even some nice unbundled games to award such people, cause they haven't waste money I spent for give them a game.

Honestly lot of reasons but ill name a few:

Winning absurd amounts but giving nothing.
Being a grammer/spelling nazi despite clearly understanding the sentence(If it were towards me or someone else, english is not my native language).
Having been marked on steam rep.
VAC banned cuz cheaters suck.
That one ninja that blacklists out of nowhere soo i just blacklist them back.
Criticizing someone that received more than what he gave(Ain't this the point of this site? giveaways?!?)
Starting an argument about something which they don't know about and attacking whoever replies
Attempting to scam(be it on steam trades or other sites etc)
And my favorite is someone that leaks an Sgtools link to a giveaway just because he was blacklisted or doesn't qualify to enter a GA. Those are the worst

I've only blacklisted one person I think, the first game I won and I'm yet to receive 2 years later. (any explanation would have sufficed).

Most of my blacklists seem to be from sharing my views. Its amusing how many people still don't know what the button is actually for...or how to agree-to-disagree. Oh well.
Its also amusing how many people expect thank-you's for doing what they should be doing. No one begged you to make a give-away. So why do you expect a pat on the back...oh yes it makes you feel batter.

So on behalf of everyone who ever forgot...THANK YOU!!! (you may now proceed to un-blacklist them)

I blacklisted only two people who won my "playing appreciated" giveaway and they just got a few easy achievements, then they idled many hours to get "played" stamp