Good point.
I think the solution is to post more games.
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Sadly that is impossible, there will always be at least one person who takes offense to something we say on the internet, and most of the time on SG that will result in a blacklist.
Example, hentai games are hated by many but loved but almost just as many, I personally just hide such games rather than blacklist the user, but you will still get a lot of people that see a few hentai game giveaways and blacklist for it.
Best you can do is ignore it and move on.
Oh you edited ... nevermind
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Could you point me to a good FAQ or discussion resource?
https://www.steamgifts.com/about/faq
https://www.steamgifts.com/about/guidelines
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That's the good stuff. I appreciate your assistance.
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I'm gonna opt to just omit most of the points and instead focus on just one part of the whole thing if you don't mind.
Cash grab, asset flip, and abandonware are not interchangeable. Cash grab isn't even a gaming specific term, more of a general thing, but it usually seems to refer to some sort of oportunistic and at least partially dishonest scheme to get quick money. Asset flips are a type of cash grab in which you quickly cobble together a game by procuring assets from an asset store or just the internet at large and then release that product for profit regardless of quality, sometimes they literally just sell a renamed example pack with almost no modification made, it's just about meeting the bare minimum of functionality for a piece of software to be considered a game.
Abandonware is just software that has been abandoned in some way by its creators, either because development was stopped before completion, support has been dropped and there's no intention of providing it again, or the thing in question is no longer sold at all. I've seen it used in various ways but there's always some sort of abandoned product, a lack of quality might it be intentional or a consequence of circumstances doesn't seem to be a necesary factor for the term to be used.
None of this stuff comes from any sort of scholarly work, just personal experience of using the internet for a decade or three, aka I felt like writing a response and you can't stop me.
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So I assume somebody harassed and insulted you because one of your giveaways wasn't up to their lofty standards? Welcome to SteamGifts! 😅
Even if that sort of behaviour was ok - I genuinely can't see why. I've briefly gone over your gifting history and 90 - 95% are good, legite games with some excellent ones like Kerbal Space Program here and there.
Also you seem to be extremely picky about what you enter AND haven't won a single game yet.
Back in the day when I joined the site that sort of behaviour and ratio would basically get you a Welcome-parade 😄 I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: You're right - leveling up was easier back in those days. When I was new here I gave away games like Insecticide Part 1, Mashed or the Action Indie Pack which are objectively no better than Monaco or Hack 'n' Slash I'd actually say they are worse and even received full value for some of those. That was before the time of slave labour sites like booty-kiddow or IndieGala and all those russian shops selling game shaped objects at 2 pence a pop.
When you spend 14 hours a day on this site, hunting for freebies and trying to shave off an extra quarter quid from AAA games and basically never playing any of those games many people tend to get bitter and toxic. Just ignore those people. They are punishing themselves way more than anybody else ever could. Gatekeeping has always existed in the SteamGifts community.
Also in the grand scheme of things 4 blacklists is NOTHING 😅 I know it can intially throw you off but back in my day I was deemed one of the less controversial users and even I have 90.
PSA: I think most of you know this site is slowly dying with giveaway numbers dropping for years and forum activity at an all time low. Could we PLEASE not chase away new quality users by acting like complete dipshits?
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Additional expectations may be entirely reasonable, as when the bundle guarantees a minimum game dollar value, percent positive review, metacritic score, etc. I totally understand venting when one feels personally cheated. Personal circumstances, personal response is appropriate.
Which means what is being restricted is discounted up-ranking.
What I thought was a positive was a negative. I am confused. Person said nothing more, but I got my first blacklist - more than one. Perhaps I upset them? Oh dear.
Could you point me to a good FAQ or discussion resource?
(I don't care about min/max-ing; just being able to post games without causing problems.)
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