"Thanks" On giveaways...

Thanks.

Whenever someone says thanks on my giveaways i usually gift them an extra game after the giveaway ends or a dlc for that game which they've won, so its basically their loss if they dont say anything

"I find it quite retardish"

Precisely...

I always look at the author's comments and if possible answer to what he is saying

you don't always have to just say "thanks" you can be a bit more creative than that.
but I think leaving a note saying something that your appreciative of a goodwill gesture goes a long way.
also being more active instead of just a lurker does have some benefits.

To be real i make giveaways becouse of those "thanks" in the comments. It`s just a good feeling that some really like the giveaway and are thankful for it.

I completely agree with you Snake. Every time I won, I thanked the gifter personally, that is I think more sincere than posting
another "thanks" among 100+ rest of them under the giveaway. Besides, who's happy if someone thanks him just because
it's obligatory?

But noone needs to say thanks becouse its a req.

The person is using his/her money to create a giveaway and give you a chance to get a free game. Ungrateful people like you who don't realize the fact that these games are not free cannot appreciate their generosity. The least you can do is say a small thank you to the person who went out of their way to create giveaways.

If the entry count is bigger than the comment count in my giveaways, then I have failed.

There is nothing "retardish" about saying thanks.

I thank in advance in nearly every second giveaway. For me it is about good manners and he takes his own money that we have a chance to win a hopefully great game. And currently I am trainee so I dont have the money to buy all the games on my own. I only enter games I really want to have, like all the Plants vs. Zombies giveaways. I hate it more when ppl enter giveaways even they dont know the game, dont like the game or just want more games in their gamelist....but when I am done with my training and earn good money I will enter some giveaways, too!
Just saying! :x

There should be a thanks button here

I always post "Damn this game sucks. Why don't you make a better giveaway you damn loser?"
I still enter the giveaway.

Not exactly thanks, but just post on the giveaway.

Personally i'm not too fond with saying the same thing over and over again, but on a group giveaway, to see like 30 entries and no comments, it would look like every member is there just to leech.

Posting thanks or anything else on a group giveaway is a good way for people to get to know eachother, personally when i started coming here i used to see some strange dude posting on every giveaway i entered, i didnt know him by then, he was lokonopa, same thing happened with alot of members here and some groups i'm in.

It feels so forced that it has lost almost all meaning. However, I generally say thanks when entering a giveaway. Sometimes I'm in a bit of a rush and forget to, but if I win I try to be very pleasant and courteous.

Meh, it's usually interesting for me to read why someone entered a particular giveaway, but a short thanks, that will take like 2 secs of your time, will do. I'm not a game collector and I'm certainly not rich lol. I have to work to pay the gifts and I have to give them to random people I usually haven't spoken a word to. I really don't think that that's asked for too much. I admit that I've forgot to write it on the giveaway site a couple times, too. But the comment to entries ratio in public giveaways is often <= 0.1 nowadays That is embarrassing imho

Meh, In my opinion, It doesn't matter anyway, It feels good when I give away something to someone.
That's what that counts, no need to expect anything else.

It's like when you hold the door open for someone, not expecting a thank you. Every once in awhile someone says thank you. Here a majority do. :P

good luck everyone.

if its a public giveaway, ignore it.

if its a private with few entries, a thanks wouldn't be a bad move.

if its a group giveaway, which is limited to a few amount of users, same deal with private then.

if i win a giveaway, i personally say thanks to the person who gifts me the game.

if i make a giveaway, i dont give a damn if people say thanks or not in comments, i just hope they say something nice or even a smile when i add them & gift them the winnings, as i've met people that accept my friend requests, take their winnings without saying anything, not even an "Hey" sometimes... which is kinda retarded, makes me think twice about making giveaways to strangers next time, doesn't stop me from making more though...

Yeah its just counter productive that everyone says thanks, and people demanding Thanks are just retarded..

What if someone actually got a question or something and his post gets hidden in the wall of "thanks"..

Good to know, thx bye don't care.

When i make giveaways seeing thanks just makes it worth it to put the game out and i personally add the winner when they win instead of just emailing them

Some gifters like to read all comments, some are just interested in having X amount of comments, no matter what they say, and some don't care at all. In any case, it only takes a couple of seconds to say "thanks", or whatever I want to post, so why not?

Te contestaría en inglés pero llamar retrasados a los usuarios de la web pues como que no. Además no todos tienen porque saber inglés, ¡Listo!