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Results are in
Solution
Each of the apparent typos in the original text actually contained extraneous characters (these are now highlighted in bold).
Putting them all together gave you this Youtube video ID: "r_Iszem_6TM" (the hints that this was for Youtube were hidden in the links behind the question marks.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Iszem_6TM
The video contained 7 flag semaphore symbols. I stretched the second symbol to indicate that it was an uppercase letter. My reference was the Wikipedia page below.
Flag semaphore
When decoded correctly, the 7 symbols produced the five-letter giveaway code:
eE4ao
Thank you all for participating in my first puzzle.
Original post
Well, apparently, I'm not winning anything here excr_ept from puzzles. I'm guessing nobody else is winning either. (one in thousands is negligible, so I'm negliging it.)
Also, I guess contributorIss don't like it when their giveaway goes to a random leecher who spent a grand total of two seconds to click their links (five if they typed "ty".)
When one solvzees a puzzle, one would feel they earned their winnings. And when a solver wins anotherm_'s giveaway, the giver would feel happy to know that their gift went to someone who gave a cr6ap.
So, don't you think it would be wonderful if STteamgifts only allowed puzzle giveaways to be made??
Yeah, Mme neither.
P.S. Poor Isaac.
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