Mutually blacklist gifters + Add comment box on GAs Won

hmm,

1. i don't want to know who blacklisted me. but knowing that they can't enter my GA cause they are blacklisting me would be great. but one flaw atleast, whats to stop that said user to unBL, enter the GA then re BL you? even with your method it could happen...
2. a note in the Won page is a great idea.

After 6 months on Steamgift, a week ago, I just realized that I got blacklisted by a guy I've never talked to (I spot him 'cos he's at lv10 too and created a lv10 giveaway (From that lv10 giveaway thread)).

So .. I blacklisted him. My first ever and only one on my list, simply because he added me on the list.
And .. Because of that, I too, agree with OP about automatically blacklist others back.

For the least, I really don't care.
I don't talk much anyway and I don't bother why anyone feel the need to blacklist me. Neither I want to discuss anything because People have their own reasons.
I can't enter your giveaways, and I would mutually not want you it makes more sense not allowing you to enter mine for the same whatever reason.

Mutually blacklist is cool, if the automatic mutual blacklist system tell us the reason for blacklist.
So we know why someone on our blacklist, automatic one.

the thing i would like to have included into blacklists is options to ignore that user and also prevent them from replying to my posts. complete isolation.

and yes, mutual blacklisting sounds fair, i wouldn't join a ga by a user in my blacklist anyway.

I would like the option to leave a note to the creator of my won giveaways

This feature is already here :

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Why does it matter who blacklists who though?

People can blacklist who they want just like they can whitelist who they want. Whether the reason be because the person only does group giveaways or a high-won/low-given ratio its ultimately up to the person giving away the games who gets to enter them. There are some people who blacklist their winners, just because they have won. I don't think that's unfair, it's pretty reasonable mentality of "let someone else have a chance now".

Ultimately the people who are most likely to end up on the blacklists are the types of people you do not want any contact from at all. The ones who have broken rules and the ones who are likely to harass users because they're on their blacklist. The moment you remove anonymity it will become more of a problem than being randomly on a persons blacklist.

I don't want to win giveaways from people I've blacklisted so would certainly appreciate if it was at least an option. Doesn't even have to necessarily be automatic.

Going the other way I found myself on my first blacklist two weeks ago. The person in question entered one of my giveaways a day or two later. I still haven't blacklisted in return but I thought that was a bit cheeky on their part.

2 You can post on the giveaway you won, it's only 1 click ahead. Creator can see it as a notification (it's considered a reply at this moment).

#1; deja vu suggestion
#2; as a giveaway winner, you can just reply in the giveaway - the creator will see it as a notification.

i've been blacklisted by some users and i've seen it but i didn't add them to mine too because they don't fit my criteria
surely i don't want to know anything about some users in my blacklist and i don't enter their giveaways but mutual blacklisting isn't the best option i think

1 - NO
2 - MAYBE YES

1. No. This should not be automatic. If it was automatic, then you would be able to tell who has you on their blacklist. That's their business and not yours unless they feel like telling you.

2. I almost always leave a message to the giveaway creator after I win a giveaway. I don't understand why you are having a problem with this. Comments work the same before, during, and after a giveaway runs.

I prefer to Blacklist anyone who doesn't comment in my giveaways. Or who does, but uses vowels. Or doesn't.

You ever thought that someone blacklisted you for being bad person, and that one is good person. Why that one must be blacklisted from you if he is good guy, or other way around. So much hate in people. It seems that is everything about revenge...

I got blacklisted, i must seek vengeance asap. -Steam gift user.

And secondly, I would like the option to leave a note to the creator of my won giveaways, preferably on the same page I mark my giveaways as received, or not received.

You have this already. Post on the GA page. It goes straight to their inbox. GA pages are effectively now PM's.

I haven't explicitly blacklisted or whitelisted anyone, aside from deciding to always donate at the same level I am. I like the idea of being able to preference that anyone blacklisting you is silently unenrolled from your giveaways, whether or not they unblacklist you, I can also see the attraction of a preference silently add them to ones own blacklist.

The idea of being able to annotate one's black/white list is brilliant.

What do you think of a preference to choose how long to silently keep someone on your blacklist after they explicitly un-blacklist you. About 3 months is what I'd select

I don't want someone who blacklisted me to be prevented from entering my giveaways. If I have nothing against them, I don't see why I should automatically blacklist them. What you seek is "revenge blacklisting" and that's not something I would condone. Plus it destroys the creative use of blacklists I've seen people use in the past.

For example, someone makes 10 consecutive giveaways for popular games, blacklist you when you enter for one of them so you can only enter one for the whole event. Removes everyone from their blacklist once the event ends. I certainly don't want to prevent someone who makes an entertaining event to join my giveaways.

And you can already comment on the giveaway page, which goes directly to the GA creator's inbox.

"I honestly believe that some obsessively abuse their blacklisting feature"
You didn't start your topic with a vowel. You alsodon't have odd numbers of cat gifs in it. You also dare to have a capital letter in the middle of your name while not having XxX before and after it. Blacklisted. based on the average SGer, somebody surely want to keep up these standards :D

Mutual blacklisting was also considered, but not in the offensive way you want it, but kind of a defensive way - if you blacklist someone, why would you want to win anything from that user? ( This way of presentation makes the mutual BL as a feature much more acceptable than "BLACKLIST BACK ALL THE F****RS WHO BLACKLISTED ME") :)

yes please

I agree with everything.

With the blacklisting idea, I'm sure a lot of people would want that option so they wouldn't have to do it manually, as long as there's an option to keep it toggled off if they don't want to revenge blacklist. I, personally, wouldn't use it because I don't want to use the blacklisting feature. But it's really not a bad idea.

And as for the note to the creator, that's a good idea if you need to get in touch with a creator who has blacklisted you and also won't accept your Steam friend request. That way you'd have a way to get in touch with them if you really need to.

I agree only with the idea of automatically not letting you in their giveaways or yours if either one blacklist. I only blacklist ppl that beg or just sound like a ass hole so not a big deal to me. Why would I want to enter their giveaways?

I think the automatic blacklist back option should be just that, an OPTION. If a user wants to turn on the option to blacklist any user who blacklists them, let them do it and go on with their lives. For those that are slightly more forgiving, have the option to turn off auto-reblacklist.
As for the other option, I think that it's perfectly acceptable as a feature.