wtf @ Typing Thanks

No, it does not give you a better chance of winning. That said it is still nice to show some appreciation towards the giveaways you enter (especially the more expensive ones).

They're thanking the person who is nice enough to give a free copy of a game away to a complete stranger.

you know that exist something called gratitude?

There should be a "Thanks"-Botton on every giveaway, the comments could be used for real discussions

maybe be polite??
I know it is rare nowadays, but some people still are.

karma

Because "Fuck you for Skyrim" doesn't have the same ring to it.

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Is a simple courtesy, do not understand people who are given these questions ...

Because being ungrateful is just being a total asshole.
In my opinion, if you can't take the time to thanks the giveaway creator, you don't deserve to win or even enter the giveaway.

No, seriously, i cried from laughing.

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Why would it?

Hahahahahahahahaha lovely topic, fanx.

No it's just spam...

I only comment when it is a requirement to enter the giveaway, or it's a private group. But I do thank the giver everytime I win :)

Thanks mate.

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123 Thanks = 1 win

Thanking in the giveaway thread is pointless imo, send a thanks if you win and believe it or not some people don't even bother to do that, I'd say about 50%-60% of the people who won my giveaways sent me a thanks, the rest never bothered their arse, they are the ones I hope have tech issues trying to play the games ;)

Many use this way to just boost their comments to entry ratio, at least to my knowledge. I've asked for a solution since the first day I registered here, unfortunately they seems to not find this an issue or relevant enough. Anyway being kind in some sort it's appreciated since users do giveaways out of their own pockets :)

I think it is spam to do so, I just create a sentence with the giveaway creator's name to at least show I made effort in thanking him/her instead of pressing Ctrl+V... Otherwise I feel it is just spam. There is giveaways made where people expect you to thank them and have a good comment to giveaways entered ratio (which either means you posted thanks in every giveaway or spammed a lot on the forums).

Any modicum of effort aside from simply clicking the enter button is a sign of respect and appreciation for the generous act the person is committing. I don't consider it spam to type thank you, unless the contributor explicitly states otherwise. Likewise, I think it's a bit disingenuous to enter giveaways without a single peep. Correspondingly, I type thank yous for all my giveaways unless explicitly stated to do otherwise.

Its polite. They are giving away a game for free and you are rude enough to just be like, "Whatever, you are giving this away for free, so you know.. So?"