Does steamgifts feels like a "waste" of time to you personally or not?

anything short of immortality is a waste of time.

I have a FB and Linkedin account, but I never post on them. I'm too self-conscious about my what I show the world. Gaming and watching anime are both very stigmatized hobbies that I do not want to share with the world. They are seen as childish and as a working adult, I'm expected to be into watching sports in order to fit in. This is the very first social site that I don't feel embarrassed to be myself. I can talk about games, post funny gifs, and even make a few friends.

Now, I can kind of relate to my bro who loves to read reddit. This is kind of like that for me. I love when I can giveaway games that I love to people who will play them on Playing Appreciated. I enjoy writing to the gift creator when I've beaten their giveaway and share what I loved about their game. I'm a lot more careful now on entering for games that I know I'm going to have a tough time to beat or complete.

I also do a lot outside of SG, besides work. I'm nutritionist hobbyist, calisthenics newbie, Toastmaster officer, and workout buddy :D.

I ride the bus for 5 hours a day to and from work, so I have a lot of time to read SG forums/news or nap. Either way it feels productive ;)

I say take a break and find other hobbies.

I love clicking on stuff I'm never going to win...very relaxing

Well it would be sad to see you go but I get your point. Maybe you just need a break and if/when you come back, you'll find people you used to know waiting, it's always a nice feeling after a little wandering.

Not enough time to spend with family.
Not enough time to make some repairs.
Not enough time to play games.
Not enough time to sleep.

Cutting time on SG is not sufficient. I feel like my job is a waste of time xD

I haven't been here long but I signed up because I'm a huge fan of lotteries, and this site is free and harmless in that regard. Just scrolling through the site to see what I can enter every morning and maybe win something once in a while is fun. The site would also be useful if I purchase a bundle that includes games I don't want, then I can give them away to someone who would be happier to have them.

My sent and won game count is relatively low.. so for me it still is entertainment. Something to do at the side..
Mostly I see users getting bored of the site who have given away thousands of games (same as you).. I think at such a point it takes up your time so much its more or less a chore not a fun spare time killer

I will continue giving away stuff at slow rate and hopefully winning stuff, and community is great as well. this is ATM only forum I use

I sometimes feel like reading the forum is a waste of time. But I take a little week-long breaks now & then. And when I return I'm glad to see new puzzles, events, community trains.. I like this community and don't want to leave yet :)

Checking steamgifts = discovering new games = my wishlist is getting bigger = more games to choose from if you want to play something = profit!

If your free time is clearly segregated from the time you are busy (work, college, etc) and the only time you spend on SG is during your free time that you could be doing literally anything, then I understand where you are coming from with asking yourself what you really want to spend most of your free time.

For other people like me who use websites (like SG) when taking a break from work or sometimes when in Netflix & chill mode, the opportunity cost of being active on SG is lower than yours. I'm comparing my "break time" spent on SG to what I could spend other websites (like Reddit). This past year for me I've tended to value my SG time more than sites like Reddit. When I'm done with work and am at home, I usually tend to do less web browsing and focus more on either gaming or Netflix & chill - When I do the latter I'll get some SG time in too. There was a time when I was first getting into SG where I was doing far more on SG than I was gaming, but that's not as common for me today unless maybe I'm creating group announcements or something.

So I hope you enjoy a break, whatever that looks like for you.

Some times, when I should be doing something else, I think it's a waste of time. Other times, nah. I mostly enjoy it, whenever I'm not engaged in some pointless discussion.

I limited my SG use drastically and it became less of a "waste of time that could've been used productively". SG now is a 10-second break time between work where I check for GAs of wishlisted and recommended games.

If it did, I wouldn't be here anymore.

Sometimes a lil bit. But not that much.

yep, unrivaled, going to become even worse

honestly for me on SG, it's just something for me to quickly do every day. Filter out games I don't want, quickly spend all my points, maybe put up a giveaway or two. It feels like a quick check of facebook for me in the morning. I find it relaxing and fun, sometimes I get a game out of it, many times I don't, and that's ok. I'm pretty disconnected with my points and entries at this point. I enter what interests me and maybe i'll get to play it, neato speedo.

Though to anyone concerned that I won't play the games I win

I will, I don't go through so much effort to filter out games just to win stuff i'm not even interested in. I just take time to get around to it. So many games to play these days.

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Bump for the last remaining hours for the GAs.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and/or taking part on the poll. I appreciate also the given advices from you!

I already stopped my puzzle thread, but because of upcoming Halloween, I didn't wanted to stop share GAs for some groups, so I was kinda still active the last weeks (I noticed that creating that "puzzle" content consumed a big chunk of the time). I am so far undecided, I consider a break for a couple of weeks (like some adviced here), just to see how a life without sg might feel :D

PS: I did and do not to intend to reply to every answer (although I read every one of them and appreciate them). The reason is, that I didn't want to start a discussion, just wanted to see what your thoughts and personal views are. Also, it would have unnecessary bumped the topic up and might created a distraction of it's own to you and others.

Plus an additional GA: 🎃 (no lvl restriction, ends on 31st October)