Why does everyone say "Thanks" in the comments?

Thanks!

I'd rather spamm thankies and other nice words (i mean really huge thanks) to the person when i actually receive it.

i say Thanks because i try more of 1000 times with 0 wins, i am thinking why i write or maybe left this.

Thanks!

Because we're grateful.

not everyone is writing 'thanks' or even 'fuck you', that's the point. not even the half of those who enter, mostly. so yeah, i write because i'm grateful.

thanks

Chance to enter into the giveaway and maybe won a game I like.

Because it's the internet. People do arbitrary meaningless stuff all the time. "Oh, I'll write one word on every giveaway otherwise it's ungrateful". I may not contribute to the posts if there are over 4 pages of identical comments because in all fairness it's a waste of site resources unless I can truly make an original comment from time to time to show my genuine gratitude (which I have).

If writing "Thanks" is just something to do (click giveaway, click enter, write thanks, repeat) then it really doesn't show much more graciousness than leaving the comment section alone, IMO.

Don't get me wrong, folks. I haven't even done a giveaway yet and it's good to see that in the very least people want the contributors to know that they're appreciated in some way. I'm just a stickler for form and function, even if that's arbitrary in and of itself. So, if you see me enter your giveaway and I post nothing at all, that IS my way of saying "thank you" :)

But typing thanks is better than typing nothing, yet it's almost the same as saying nothing due to every other person saying it therefore it loses its meaning because people think it's just a standard copy and paste if people wrote why they are thankful it would actually mean something, Seems rather stupid just to type 'thanks' to everything.

Of course it's suspicious. Thanks is the secret code to enter the real giveaway.

Thanks!

Thanks :D

It's a sign of appreciation, even if you can't see it. Sure, it could be a near automated response from a robot. But, that still seems better than somebody who can trouble themselves to enter a giveaway, but saying some kind comment, at a minimum, "thanks", is too much for them to bother.
Really, I have wasted my time even responding here, but fuck it, I've been out drinking anyway. Why the fuck do you ask why people say thanks to a giveaway? Showing appreciation for free games has to be one of the most obvious responses a person could have.

If you read read everything before this, you fell into my trap and you now have to slap yourself.
Pickles.

If you not say thanks then they will kick you from the leeching groups so you cannot leech moar , Thats why you type thanks

Thank you for this awesome thread

People say "thanks" to boost their comment count and then they can come to the forums and say stuff like "You have entered more giveaways then you have made comments, therefore you are a leecher"

Thanks, come back when you've given something away :) I don't mean to sound rude/elitist/snobby or whatever, genuinely, you may find you feel differently once you've given something away.

It takes so little effort (and I know I should thank more people) but I really do appreciate it when I'm thanked in the giveaway comments. I've also had people enter my giveaways without commenting, then thank me when they win, which is fair enough. I don't thank every gifter, especially when there are heaps of giveaways going up (i.e. during sales). I've also had people win giveaways and never thank me once. Can you guess which one of those three groups I won't be giving stuff to in the future? Bingo. :)

There are lots of people who make a big deal of not saying thanks, because "everyone does it so it's meaningless". Bullshit. I used to understand that position, because...well...I like to see the best in people. The more time goes on, the more I'm beginning to think they're mostly just arrogant arseholes. So they justify it to themselves in the only way they know how, to elevate themselves as "above it all" and to denigrate the people who do show appreciation even if it's just a token "thanks". Because they're truly thankful, but the people who actually say "thanks" are paying meagre lipservice to societal norms. Again, guess which group I won't be giving stuff to in the future. ;)

Thank you very kindly.

i say thanks on every single giveaway i enter, to show the apprectiation for giving it :3

I don't really understand it either.. i feel it's just a waste of time and space..

You are supposed to say thanks if you win, that's obvious.. but in advance and/or for the chance to win something?
I don't like the Thanks spam on my giveaways.. why would anyone else? It IS meaningless.. why would i care if someone is grateful for me doing a giveaway? They should be grateful if they won a game that they wanted to play, but just for being able to enter a giveaway?

If people only do that so they don't get called a leecher then fine.. i don't care what people call me.. i did more giveaways than i won them, i think i'm good.

Are you serious!??

THX 4 SKIREM!11!1

So many newcomers :D It was rule on SG to "Thanks" in every GA. I dont remember when it disappeared, but some users get used to it. (Eve, I sometimes forget it is not a rule anymore (well, I forgot about the rule many times even when it was a rule :D)