it's always bad, because it's the internet and/or things are given away for free

Edit: I hope you won't get fooled by these people below me, start with checking the people writing thanks, you'll see half of them have red marks, which is usually a disqualifier for joining groups with veterans or sgtools made GAs
I'm also member of a group, which leader is very proficient in hunting bad accounts, so i have quite a lot of background information, you wouldn't believe how many bad accounts are around, some members of this group also made unrestricted GAs, took the effort and checked every entry and about 40% had red marks, that's far from a large minority as wiksolop falsely claims over and over again
and of course he'll have no evidence either that the propotion of good to bad accounts doesn't change with higher level and even if this would be the case, the overall number on a higher level will be much more less, than on level zero, out of the sheer number of level zeroes.
but let us think about that proportion thing again for a second, i claim the higher the level and thus invested keys, the less people are inclined in risking their account and to get banned, sounds logical, right? see how they're trying to fool you, claiming something else?

I could go on and on, how the owner isn't taking action against autojoiners (running his tool, which he last ran 3 years ago) and other bad accounts, how we repurpose the level restriction to fight the bad accounts and how this is not ideal, but the only viable solution we have at hand (blacklist is capped at 1k and that isn't even enough for blacklisting only level 5+ bad accounts, imagine how bad the situation is on the lower levels), but i don't want to drop a wall of text, so i'm limiting myself to only basic information.

Edit2: I just stumbled over this
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/R1G0o4y
just another example, how bad the situation on the internet really is, people arguing against that are just pathetic

No it is not that bad. There are many "real" people on lvl 0. and they are here for free games just like you assumed.

Hey there kabopzka, welcome to the site! While everything said above sounds convincing in a vacuum, there's a lot more nuance involved than what was initially presented to you in Prosac's copy/pasted spam (which they tend to send to anyone and everyone with an active Level 0 giveaway).

The idea that users should set a level requirement because it "is pretty cheap to reach" and "being poor isn't an excuse" sets a dangerous precedent that newcomers should be treated with skepticism and distrust until they buy their way into the community instead of being welcomed with open arms. The expectation that users should give first before they can receive creates an elitist mentality that can easily segregate users over an unseen enemy. That being said, the level requirements are there for a reason and if you should decide you want to use them, then by all means more power to you.

I will also address the elephant in the room. While there ARE users on the site that utilize scripts or bots to join giveaways, they are largely the minority compared to the number of active users. Additionally, they are present at ALL levels, not just level 0. And there's little to no evidence to suggest that the proportion of "bad" accounts to "good" accounts changes much at each level of contribution. Case in point (as Prosac themselves hinted at), there are ways for users to take advantage of the system in order to level up quickly for cheap. Thus making level less of a true indicator of total contribution and should instead only be seen as a soft form of measurement.

P.S. Prosac if you're seeing this, I know you can't resist the urge to get in the last word. Do whatever helps you sleep at night, fam. We've had this discussion dozens of times and we both know how this plays out. I point out your refusal to acknowledge evidence (and mods!) suggesting your crusade is both misguided and misinformed, you spout expletives in response. And as usual, I will engage no further in this thread.