Suggestion: Ways to combat regifters

I like these suggestions. Not sure how easy/feasible they are to implement, but I think it's a great idea that will help cut back on abuse.

Not a bad idea :o

It gets my vote

These aren't terrible. I like them.

Bump. Good thoughts.

I support any of those suggestions, the first one might face those issues... but it would be great, even if it isn't automated at sync you could use a hybrid of suggestion 1 tick box with the GA creator having suggestion 2 to check if the game has been activated and then manually confirm its activation!

I could get behind these ideas.

The biggest issue with proposed solutions to problems like this, is that it requires the admin to code a new feature for the site, which doesn't happen very often or quickly, and something like this is impossibly low on his to-do list.

1 will not work. No offense, but this site is almost 4 years old, this suggestions has been made countless times. The problem isn't on SG side, its on Steam side. Steam is a piece of shit that doesn't consistently and accurately provide user game info.

2 will not work for the same reason. You can download that info, but again, steam is a piece of crap. DLC doesn't record properly, nor do certain packs or bundles.

This is why I was so glad cg made it so we can manually add games to block. Its annoying to see games that I know that I own, but because steam doesnt report them correctly, SG thinks I dont own them.

I agree this needs to be combated in some way, of course without harming the rare cases of those who won a game and then bought/was gifted another copy of the game and decided to give it away.

For idea #1, its not a bad idea, though it seems DLC and game collection bundles aren't registered as owned, as I constantly see them and can enter if I wanted. So when that little hiccup is fixed, the first suggestion would be great!

Idea #2 is nice, but most giveaway creators are probably gunna be too lazy to do it, and only the dedicated will bother with it.

they're great starts ^_^ I do hope its all looked at

I thought 1. was actually how the current system worked, with the sync system detecting suspicious behaviour and notifying a moderator after enough time has passed.
That means the current system is actually entirely reliant on user reports from people stalking your profile?