Why you shouldn't use Auto-Thanks etc.

thanks!

Personally I write thanks when it's a game that I really want, auto-script is a no-no.

I always type my "Thank you" comments and I vary them depending on how happy I'm feeling and how much I appreciate the giveaway. Variations include ty, Thanks, Thanks!, Thank you, Thank you!, Nice, Nice!, Great, Great!, Excellent, Excellent!, Superb, Superb! and some others I can't remember. If I'm in a hurry or very bored I'll just leave a ty. If the gifter asked for something in the description, I'll almost always respond.

fake reply

I don't hate it (but I also don't love it) when people spam "thanks" on giveaways but it should at least be a full "Thanks!" or "Thank you!" but to use a script is just pathetic and doesn't show any gratitude to do so, they just want to get their comments count up.

BTW look at the comments of a thanks addon on userscripts.org.

Believe it or not, I put in the effort to say "Thanks" myself. Sometimes, I add a season's greetings like "Merry Christmas". This is because I want to let the contributor know that I'm thankful for his/her giveaway.

True. However, even a typed „thanks“ isn't that much more worth in my opinion. Either put some time into your comment to really show your appreciation or just say nothing, I'll assume you're grateful anyway.

Once given the gift a thank you note is in order of course. Once again, put some time and effort into it.

I take the time each and every time to type every single letter personally when I type "thanks." Besides how many of us as kids had it drilled into our heads that even if grandma gives you the same old fruitcake you are allergic to every year for Christmas that you should still say thanks?

Edit* Also we as gifters decided of our own free will to give, so we need to suck it up or make private or group giveaways. If people shouldn't be in it for the contributor value, then they shouldn't be in it for the thanks. Just another double standard.

yep i like a simple thx than nothing, and sometimes check the winner if commented or not.

My ratio is 1300:300 and I don't use that kind of scripts :) And in my giveaways I like to see somthing like that: "Very cool, Thanks for this gift <my nick here>." not only "thanks" or the worst "thx" :)

"ty" Way easer than "thank you". or just copy paste it lazyas

thanks you. now touch yourself.

I knew the day was going to be weird when some fatso stepped on my foot on a bus, smiled at me and said "Thank you".

I don't think i've ever commented on a giveaway outside of to complain about if they're fake. People give away things to be nice- i'll only really say thanks if I win but that's because otherwise it sounds sarcastic or copy pasted like hell.

Great giveaway, really wanted this. Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks for all the fish

Or using thanks in general. More creative posts are always better.

Thanks for Skyrim

You are a man among men

sometimes i comment on giveaways on games i already have or give aways i dont want to enter because i think the game is interesting and people should try it out

thanx for thanxing me

I used to write at every giveaway something else. A thanks with a comment. Sure, some stuff would be similar. After all, there is just so much you can comment about the same game 20+ times or when there is no description. But I never and still don't copy paste.

But it did take up a lot of time. And with topics about how contributors prefered only being thanked by the winners and did not really care for any thank you's, I kind of strted to loose my interest in bothering to comment and thank at every giveaway.

So now I only do it with some giveaways and only if they have a description. Why would I put effort in thanking and commenting at every giveaway if hardly anyone does it and contributors are blasé to it? Also, it does feel liberating when I don't have to comment on every 10+ giveaways I enter whenever I am active on Steamgifts.

I'm real, therefore my thanks is real.