My message notification gets so full of "thanks" every time I create a few giveaways.

Honestly, if your comment is nothing other than "thanks", I'd rather you don't comment at all.


UPDATE: LOL now my message notification is full of "thanks" in the discussion forum as well. Well played, internet. Well played.


The real gratitude shows when the giveaway winner is taking his/her time to press the damn "received" button.

I love this quote, so I added to the top. Commented by RammPatricia


UPDATE: I actually included the "please do not thanks" in my GA description, people are finally slowly getting it. I wonder was it the power of this thread? Now I do not get 99+ notifications a day now (still I get like 50+).

9 years ago*

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Most of the times, I thanks and say something creative or interesting. It's not always easy though. But no matter what, I ALWAYS thanks and probably always will, although I barely even enter giveaways anymore.

9 years ago
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Making OCD people suffer is a trademark of internet fun. Can't ask people to stop now.

9 years ago
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I once posted a thanks on a giveaway I won and it got rerolled. No warning.

9 years ago
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Probably got rerolled for something other than you saying thanks

9 years ago
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1)
http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/ZMrGL/do-you-say-thank-you-to-giveaway-creators
lol

2)
first i think most of the thanks out there are just because ppl are risen by their parents to say it
they dont come from the heart
second because you can enter like more than 5 GA a day or howmuch ever
i dont think thanks can be taken serious when they are carried out million times
if someone enters my GA i can guess that the person appreciate it
and if someone rly winning a game
comment section is still open and thanking is a definetely have to

3)
i created 5 GAs with the note that i dont want to read thanks
here is the result:

  1. GA http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/p1RYT/overcast-walden-and-the-werewolf
    4/13 did not read description and thanked anyway - 1/13 joking with take my wish word by word (i wrote: pls dont comment thanks or anything like that; person wrote: no thanks or anything like that)
  2. GA http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/EdM9Y/deus-ex-human-revolution-directors-cut
    21/35 did not read the description and thanked anyway(1 just posted smiley) - 2/35 jokes - 1/35 i dont know whats that good for, maybe this person want on black and whitelist haha, it wrote thanks and posted a funpic like i wished
  3. GA http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/EyefZ/schein
    14/51 did not read description and thanked anyway
  4. GA http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/VOpUw/thief
    13/82 did not read description and thanked anyway - 13/82 thanked additional to the alternative comment possibility i gave - 56/82 correct comments
  5. GA http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Engq6/hitman-absolution - in this one i wanted only to answer a question
    3/15 did not read description and thanked anyway - 2/15 jokes - 1/15 answered my q but thanked additional

i do not list how much commented out of the entrants cause there could be more than 1 comment per entrant and this is talking long enouth anyway

EDIT:
i nearly forgot that argument:
imagine the following:
you live in a city (or not, i dont care)
you could be glad that you did not got robbed and/or murdered one day more again
should you open the window and scream out of it "thanks bad ppl for letting me live another day normal, thanks for giving me the opportunity for that"?
so thanking for eventualy getting a game would be the same as thanking for not getting cancer this day
this is just a dramatic example to make clear what i mean
sure you sould be happy to not getting involed in a crime or a sickness (or illness or whatever you english talking ppl call that)
but no reason to bother other ppl about that
or writing obama or whatever president you have or a police chief a letter for doing a good job and things to not let the crime rate rise...
(you still should be thankful to ppl in your real life)

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I did the same survey for my last 5 giveaways.

10/10 (100%) - didn't read description and thanks anyway.
18/20 (90%) - didn't read description and thanks anyway.
15/18 (83%) - didn't read description and thanks anyway.
14/15 (93%) - didn't read description and thanks anyway.
9/15 (60%) - didn't read description and thanks anyway.

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I did a survey also of my own.
This is metric shit ton mass of calling out bullshit over just saying thank you.
If you have an issue with a member, report each individual as you see fit.
Burning this much meat at a stake is fucking stupid and pollutes my air.

/thread

(you should also read since you have such an issue with others not doing so)

http://www.steamgifts.com/about/guidelines

  • Use the appropriate avenues for support. If you have an issue with another user, submit a ticket with a user report, rather than calling them out within the community or on the forum.
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its not that big issue for a reason to report someone
its just intresting that ppl say something regardless what the creator of a GA is telling them
i just listed those statistic for the intrested one
now cant we even talk about weired things that happen here on SG
whats allowed to talk about in your opinion
everbody can talk about stuff they want in the forums and you dont have to read further into it if its polluting your air

9 years ago
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tnks fr th gibway

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9 years ago
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So we cant say

Thanks

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9 years ago
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No you can't say thanks. You must dance for your meal. Dance monkey dance!

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9 years ago
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ありがとうぅぅぅぅぅぅ!!!!!!

9 years ago
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I know how you feel. P

Even so, at least someone spent the time and energy to express their appreciation, so I don't complain.

9 years ago*
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thanks

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Thank you <3

9 years ago
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Thanks /me runs

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Thanks for Skyrim :-]

9 years ago
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If you have such a problem with people thanking you, why not ask people not to comment on your giveaway, and set up a special rule that anyone who does comment will be re-rolled. All you need to do is to get clearance from Support, which shouldn't be such an issue now that there are some new members on the team.

None of your giveaways are public, so using this shouldn't be a problem.

Plenty of people have a similar rule in place, whereby non-commenters get re-rolled.

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Thanks!

9 years ago
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thanks

9 years ago
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anyway man! thanks.!

9 years ago
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Thanks

9 years ago
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no, we can't. but thanks for thread!

9 years ago
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Thanks

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Thanks for Skyrim

9 years ago
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thanks!

9 years ago
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Thank you <3

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