Oh OK I get it now: you consider being part of multiple groups (with SG specific rules) as a form of blacklist for the others. Sorry english is not my main language.

I can give you a decent explanation: history. You've been here for 5 years, me it have been for 10. I have witnessed the increase in various negative behaviors that SG.com had to come through: the rise of regifting, the diverse waves of bots and auto-entry scripts, the multi-accounts, the unscrupulous leakers of private giveaways (very often hidden behind ingenious and hard puzzles), the multiple attempts to change the SG.com rules that caused significant damage to our levels and our good mood... In the end, only doing group giveaways was a way for me to discard annoyance with erratic winners and save time. Of course I won't lie, it is also a way to optimize the draws for every dollars spent, which could be associated with greed and I can acquiesce.

I'll be honest with you: it's the first time someone has explained this point in that way (or I may have missed public thread on the subject), your argument is solid and valid, I kind of agree with you... because I was in the same position before, before joining these groups myself and so I know what you feel. But there is one "easy" solution: join us! :)

I don't have the power to convince admins of these private groups to enroll you (although I can try if you have group names in mind :D), some of them may still have a recruitment thread available in the discussion section. Group rules could be annoying sometimes but it can be overcome with regular discipline. There is also the repercussion of not gaining levels anymore: ratio constraints will reduce entries for your giveaways and you may have less than 5 people on the list. Not an issue for me, I've been stuck at the same level since before you joined the website :P

If you're the kind of person who definitely prefers public giveaways, as a way to encourage others and globally increase one inch at a time the generosity within this community, I admire the optimism. However one day you will have to deal with a real as***le, a 2nd one, a third random guy, revealing your key and wasting your time, asking for reroll on the dusk of the 6th day or lying to support, immediately regifting the key you provided, who doesn't even respond to your private messages or emails... You will feel/learn the hard way that some people here are real jerks and love to act that way. I did a lot of public giveaways at the beginning, even for AAA games. I stopped after multiple bad experiences within a short period of time, experiences that I never encountered again with group giveaways. Best decision I made, at least for the sake of my mental health. I hope you will understand, no offense if you're still mad at me.

An addition: there were a time when there were a LOT MORE invite-only giveaways accessible through solving puzzles. At the point of been almost 100% of my wins during some weeks. Over the years I have perfected my skills in solving enigmas and other cryptic messages, I loved these days. Today these are very rare, to the point of having mean complaints of new people who don't understand the concept and the simple fun of being challenged. I still keep the habit of lurking on the forum here, and looking out for puzzles, riddles etc. Your giveaway was definitely one of them, there is an extra enjoyment in winning because of the additional and funny steps to reach the final link, so I thank you twice.

Have a nice day :)