waiting for feedback...

I'd honestly hoped for better out of the people here than that. We're going to have to see about potentially removing those who don't even out in minimal effort, between these kinds of response rates and the 20-odd people joining a giveaway for a DLC none of them had, I'm quite thoroughly disappointed.

This really is abhorrent, if you get the code, PLEASE give immediate feedback.

There can't be, you accept via steam. Steam isn't watching this site.

Switching to trusting the gift giver by default and letting the winner accuse the giver of failure to deliver sounds like a good idea, but just as a nice mechanic, the first one would also be good to have in place. I'm not sure if rewarding someone for what I'd consider to be an obligation is a correct move however.

I got an update from one of my sub winners. He didn't even know he won until I sent a personalized message to his email address instead of just resending the Steam gift. Some people just glance over that stuff not knowing they won, I guess.

Giving users points for leaving feedback is a great idea.

The user already won a game, getting a point seems a bit unfair. Maybe stop letting them receive new points until they verify that they did/did not receive their gift. Missing points would be rewarded on redemption. This would stop one time users of the site from randomly deciding to enter more giveaways later without at least verifying that they did get the game they already won.

I think giving them a point isn't the thing to do seeing as how they just won a game. I think we should do the moderator checking the gifts sent than adjusting the feedback for them. Maybe even have a way to give comments on the winners profile, so that there's a way to keep track of the people who consistently do this.

I'd say the benefit of the doubt one. I emailed the winners and still haven't heard from them so i thought maybe they just activated their games and then went on vacation but they have recent(1-2 days) activity on steam. So they either forgot about the site or don't care because they got what they were looking for. So i believe the benefit of the doubt would be the best option :)

I like the first bullet point. It lets people know that they have won something, while at the same time preventing people who aren't giving feedback. The only way this site can police itself is through coding, and social systems like feedback. If people aren't using those socially ostracizing systems then this site fails to function properly in checks and balances.