Commenting on giveaways

Your post count also include your posts on forums, and in the case of support staff, support tickets.

...in other words, if you find it ridiculous, then ignore it and move on. It's most often used as a metric of whether the user is active or not.

I agree with what you're saying. If it's a huge giveaway, or the OP says something to those who are entering, then I'll say thanks or answer some of their questions. I don't like the whole idea of spamming meaningless words in order to gain more things

i comment on every giveaway i enter. i just type ty.

Thankyou for this thread. =p

Thanks

No, you don't get anything by commenting.
Some private groups value comments because it usually means that that person is active around the forum as well, but of course you need to go see what kind of comments they are.
I personally always thank in giveaways I enter because I'm grateful for giving away a game I'd like to play. If I'm asked something in particular I try and reply. If not, I'll simply go for a "Thank you, have a nice day! :)".
And I mean it each time.

I don't really get it too... i'd rather see a few interesting comments on the game or some general talk rather than 5 pages of "thank you"...

Mhm, ok. Well, I could post 'thank you' on each giveaway. I'd mean it, too. But the very fact that so many people do it, makes it seem insincere. And, as ryuga said, I'd prefer to see an interesting discussion or answers to a question or such. If I see such a thing, I do participate in it, and while I'm at it, include a 'thank you' as well. Oh well, I guess we just disagree, and so long as nobody 'loses' anything by not posting on each and every giveaway, what would I care?

Thank you for your (fast) answers! :)

wasn't there some addon out there which comments automatically for you when you enter a giveaway ?

It's a cancer that kills any possible discussion on that giveaway.

Some people say thank you just because it is nice and polite. Like me. And I am really am thankful for the chance to win a game. The way people view 'Thank you' posts sometimes has more to do with their own personal feelings than what is actually meant. I am never going to get offended when people act in a nice, polite manner, even if their motivation for it is not the same as mine.

I think comments on giveaways shouldn't be added to post count.

I always comment with a simple thanks to show appreciation, unless the person giving the game away has asked questions or put something interesting for me to answer :)

But I'm not going to spam 'thank you' on every giveaway for no reason

There is a reason, to thank the creator of the giveaway. They may never read it, but you can still mean it. I check my giveaways for comments, not only to see if the winner bothered to comment, but also to see if there are people who even bothered to read the description (I often try to ask a question in my giveaways). You are free to do things your own way, but I'd prefer if you didn't assume every thank you left on a giveaway was made mindlessly.

I guess you are refering to my post. Each user do whatever they want: some like to talk in chat, others share in forum, etc, but there is also a large amount who only think "yay free games" and never contribute (I really don't care this) neither are active in forum. So, suddenly when they have like 600 entries (maybe a lot more) make a post like "can really win games here?" or "how can I do to win games here?" and that is annoying. I like when ppl isn't a total leecher. I said "it's ok", everybody can't afford money to buy games and give it away, but they can share in forum, chat, be a nice user, play with others, etc. I would love if giveaway comments weren't counted. In that way stats will reflect if user like to be active in forums or not. In my post I'm looking for users who has been here for long time but 0 wins so far, and they at least are active here (I can't be sure for that but it's a try).

I usually don't comment at all, unless it's private or group giveaway. And even then I tend to say something more then generic "thanks" :)
But I see no value at spamming thanks on every giveaway I enter. Of course when I win the giveaway I always thank the person either on mail or on steam friends.

Wow, I never heard of this! I just commented as much as i could to show my appreciation to the gifter! I didn't know there was an evil scheme at work!

I only say something in giveaways when the creator asks a question. The first weeks I joined steamgifts, I used to say "Thanks" on every single giveaway I entered, but I realized that the more I say it, the less meaningful it is. I feel like a robot saying the same thing over and over.

The comment ratio thing is senseless, like many other things in life. You would be deemed a better person here by spamming "." on every giveaway than writing a real thank you to the giver on ones you really are grateful for the chance to win.

In a way it's ridiculous. It's already been proven that there are scripts that can spam thanks on entry to a giveaway. There were also threads on the forum with peeps just spamming random nonsense.

I've long since given up saying much at all on entry to a giveaway as most of the time it will be missed by the giftor thanks to the huge amounts of "THANKS!", "TY!" or "thx" posts. If I win one, I will send a mail to the person after receiving it thanking them or thanking them in steam chat depending. This sometimes will spark up a conversation and I get to talk to new peoples and possibly open up another trade buddy.

<3

I don't care about comment ratios, it's kinda stupid, and I don't normally just put thanks. I'll read the description and sometimes respond to that or put a random word or smiley. I'm actually grateful for the chance to win games :V

I write thanks on each GA depending on how excited I am for it. Copy of Don't Starve? Awesome, thanks! $5 indie game from the latest bundle? ty. Maybe thx.

Unless there is something in the description that spurs me to actually write something

Say "Thanks" or a variant of "thanks" on one of my giveaways (I haven't done many), and I'll ask for a reroll if you win; my instructions are relatively simple & clear.

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