Current System ---
The giveaway creator is able to input a Steam key when making the giveaway. This key may be displayed to the winner of the giveaway by toggling a button to "Show Key," or hidden from the winner by toggling it to "Hide Key."

Suggestion (from UltraTaber) ---
Add a button the the winner's page called "Accept Key" which will then display the key to the winner (assuming the creator has toggled his button to "Show Key"). This is a one-time event, independent of the creator's toggle, and once triggered, cannot be undone. Once the button is pressed, it will be known that the key has been seen and possibly used by the winner.

Benefits ---

  • The giveaway creator will know if no one has viewed the key, making it safe to give to another person.
  • The winner will be able to ignore the key in the case of multiple wins, making a re-roll easier.
  • The mods will be able to verify whether or not a winner has accepted/viewed a key or not, making follow-through easier.

Drawbacks ---

  • The button will have to be coded into the Won page.
  • There will be some small increase in the demand upon the site's database.
  • This improvement will still not prevent abuse by unscrupulous users, albeit the abuse will be easier to track..
9 years ago*

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Does this sound like a good idea to you?

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Yes. I think it would be of benefit.
No. When they were passing out brains, you must have heard "trains" and said "I'll take a nice, slow one, please."
As there is no potato option, I choose to vote "kumquat."

It would be good to have this thing.

7 years ago
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Would be nice to see this implemented.

7 years ago
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+1

7 years ago
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+1

With this I will be more confident that whenever my winner ask for reroll, I can know for sure my key wasn't leaked out.

7 years ago
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+1

7 years ago
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"1 year ago"

Still not implemented :(

7 years ago
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It has been suggested before, and yes it would be a good idea. It would be even better, if the reveal-key-button could be pressed only once for the same game/product: even with the new auto-removal feature, it is possible to win something twice, by manually entering more giveaways for a game you already won. Now, if the button you suggested were implemented, a winner could only reveal one of their multiple wins and had to wait until they can mark their first win "not received" (with a fake giveaway or a bad key for example) before revealing a second key for the same game. That's effectively a queue.

7 years ago
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Closed 7 years ago by Khalaq.