Question about contribution requirements on giveaways and gratitude

Public giveaways are usually filled with ungrateful people. Make the requirement very high and you might start to see more of the actually thankful people. Stick to private and group giveaways and the thanks ratio might be higher as well.

Once in a while there are people complaining here that they didn't win like it was obligatory to win, no wonder they are ungrateful asshats, they are just taking what they 'deserve'. This is why some gifters just stick to creating giveaways for certain groups around here or other guys they know from SG via private giveaways. I'm afraid this is just the way it is, I've heard that contributor giveaways don't solve that much, can't really say myself, didn't create much of them and it was long time ago. I stick to the groups.

Often in groups you'll get more people thanking you and things like that. With higher contributor requeriments, well. That's not so true.

I noticed that people who give away more games also tend to thank more. You give away games for everyone so you won't get many thanks. Most of them are just leechers. That's why CV option is good when you create giveaways. I don't even do public ones anymore or when I do I set a high CV limit to keep the leechers off.

Proof

3000$ 1/1

1000$ 4/5

100$ 1/5

Well, its more just public giveaways in general that are unthankful.

If you really want thankful people, give away in group or privates most, if not everyone thanks in groups.

I typically don't comment unless I can think of something interesting to say. I'll post there to say thanks after the giveaway if I didn't get a chance to say it to the giveaway creator over chat though.

in public giveaways, a lot of people don't bother putting a comment, try for private/group giveaways

because I hate you

I usually don't say anything when I enter a giveaway, but I always say thank you if I win.

To those who won my giveaways, they have always e-mailed back saying thanks. I expect nothing so something is always a bonus.

I always thank when I receive the game :D But like via email or steam... I never remember to thank here tho.. But yeah, I always say thank you in some way ^^'

Thanks for all the good feedback. I think I got some good direction on how to approach future gifting. I'm going to have a small requirement and see how it goes, and gradually increase it if necessary.

While I'm (obviously) not a "winner," I always thank the person who made the giveaway when I enter one. That is in addition to the thank you I would give if I actually won something. Also, I will sometimes thank people who make expensive giveaways, even if I can't (or don't want to) enter. That's just how my mother raised me....

One possibility if you're unhappy with people not commenting/thanking in your giveaways, but still want to leave the giveaway open to as many people as possible, is to get a "no comment = re-roll" rule approved, then give the game to a group nearly everyone belongs to (ie Summer Camp, S.Gifts, etc).

First of all I'd like to thank you for making all those giveaways. Haven't entered one of yours, but I appreciate people who give away, and I appreciate even more people who make public giveaways.

I think that my thanks ratio is better for public giveaways, but I'm not sure. Occasionally I gave away bonus stuff to people who thanked me.

When I entered giveaways I often didn't thank on the giveaway. I think I made more comments on giveaways I didn't enter than on those I did (often to thank the gifter for giving away a game that I like and already own).

I rarely comment on the actual giveaway as its generally just a bunch of scripted thanks that the creators could probably do without. When I do win something though I always try and get back to the gifted to say thanks either in reply to their email if they sent the key that way or in steam chat.

Well, comments are not something I'm crazy about when I make a giveaway. A nice thank you from the winner is enough for me. I don't always comment on public giveaways I join (CV or not), but I always respond when I win.

I always say thanks(well..att first no...but then yep...i always comment somthing or just say tyyy or thanks...or thats :p.)

If you want comments, the majority can be found in group and/or private giveaways. The comment to entrant ratio does increase as the contribution requirement increases, but that's mostly because high contributors are generally more active in the site and forums.

I don't say thanks on public or contributor giveaways anymore. Instead, if I win, I (try to) give the gifter a game from his wishlist as thanks.

I don't thank on every single giveaway. Most of my comments are for GA that have some extra comment, or if I feel I must comment about something. That's why in some of my giveaways, I try to ask people for something different, so people tend to reply more. But, I make sure that for all GA I win, I properly say thanks, through e-mail or steam chat.

I try to comment on every giveaway I enter. It's either something to add up to the conversation or I thank for the chance to win a game I want. If I win I do thank again, but this time as an e-mail reply or through Steam chat/profile comment.

On the other side, I don't really expect a thank you comment from every entry on my giveaways. Though I kinda expect one from the winner.

Do you read all the comments?

Some just don't bother adding another "thank you" -comment to the already endless pile of similiar comments. I prefer trying to write something funny (read: perverted).

What I am referring to is people saying thanks who actually "win" a game. Not so much whether someone left a comment or not during the entry process.