Make hidden games become visible if you are in the giveaway creator's whitelist.

If you wanna thank a certain user, just go to his/her profile. Even if you hide games, they shouldn't be hidden from profiles.

But, if you want to thank anyone who has you whitelisted and you don't know that they do.. I can see your issue.

I think it's a bad idea. People hide the games because they're not interested in them. If a lot of people have you whitelisted and make those GA's, then you still get flooded with them, which is why you hid them in the first place. I can see why you want to thank someone, but I don't like this idea at all.

Don't hide games. Problem solved. I mostly check wishlist and group / whitelist giveaways anyway.
Besides, even after 3 months of "stalking", I still haven't found many of my whitelisters...

I've suggested something similar before. It was the ability add a toggle for hidden games. It would be amazing to be able to toggle for reasons like to see whitelist giveaways, or to see if there's any games you hid that you might be interested in now, or just want to comment on. Perhaps on this page:
http://www.steamgifts.com/account/settings/giveaways

I've seen some people ask for users they've whitelisted to post in their topics so they know said user is still active/reading descriptions. While I appreciate wanting to keep whitelists organized, I also think this is problematic since some people might either already own the game or have it hidden. Shrugs Dunno if it's worth implementing a feature like that for this matter alone, just an observation I've made.

Wouldn't be a list "this user has whitelisted you" easier?
I only hide DLCs so I don't have that Problem :3

Well... It would be nice if it would be optional thingy to click - Do you wanna see all whitelisted gibs. Well... In that case i'll vote Yes. Yes.

No. If I hid the game, it means that I don't want to see giveaways for it anymore, no matter who made it. I would prefer a feature that just lets you see a list of people who have whitelisted you.

Similarly I'd like to be able to hide games from the giveaway page. If I'm going through a train I have no way to hide a game I'm not interested in unless it shows up on the public lists. They could add the eye to each page too and allow us to hide. Then if I come across a giveaway for something I've already hidden, the join box is just greyed out or removed.

I hide games because I have no interest in them. I'm also on 100+ whitelists, some of whom make a lot of crappy giveaways sorry. you know who you are that I'm not interested in. What you're suggesting would pretty much negate the point of being able to hide the games

Yes, it would be nice to say thanks even if you have the game in your library/ignore list. Maybe this kind of gibs can be made visible only in a "hidden" section (something like the All; Wishlist; Recommended; Group; New filters on the front page).

it'd be ideal if it was optional. that way those who want it would benefit from it while those who don't wouldn't suffer
of course that would almost certainly also be the most difficult way to implement it too and this is a non-profit site apart from the top secret premium membership deals of course

Maybe we should have the choice to see it or not, that would a good feature.
About 1 for 2 in the poll is not a small thing I think.
And why not a "Show WL gibs only"?

yes, i like this since i have almost 8k games hidden.