Another take on stopping fake giveaways

First and second is good option, but third...

actualy I find this idea very good :>

Seriously?

This place is not that difficult to understand... slack given to folks for whom English is not their first language.... otherwise...

Good idea, I support it.

I like the idea. Maybe this way some people will start to think how the things here work ^^ But still I wonder how it can be so confusing, I mean..YOU create a "giveaway"..give something away. It's not difficult...

Now there will be people that won't read your post and will start thinking that you are suggesting that cg implements a giveaway type where you can actually win the game.

explaining the concept of a giveaway in extra easy/clear wording, plus a list of all current giveaways to join

Something like

You can't win a game by creating a giveaway.

Enter the giveaways below to win

or read the FAQ for more instructions.

I like it. It may help users that haven't understood how site works and point them in right direction. At the same time it doesn't punish legit users by adding captchas/quizes or other hoops to jump

Require new users to give away a bundle game before they can give away a non-bundle one. Simple and effective.

I'm not opposed to the idea but I also feel like it won't get rid of many fake giveaways/regifts that occur

+1 nice idea, but honestly I think the fake giveaways exist just because people want CV, not because they haven't read the FAQ (Well most of the fake ones)

+1

hmmm funny idea, also those new threads it generates "help can not make gift for me" ..."want key and gift and to win, can´t mark all three"

The third option is... Ugh... As if this website isn't leecher friendly enough. Little autodidact skills are not much to ask for. The current generation gets born with an iPad in their hands, why wouldn't they understand such simple things?
Anyways... Although I think that this would be overseen by the average fake gifter or even ignored I think it's a simple and good addition.
I've got some suggestions myself and I am still figuring everything out, thought you'd bring up a similar idea I had :D

I was thinking solutions about this problem too. Maybe you should have to answer a simple multiple choice questionnaire with the basic steamgifts rules when you try to create your first giveaway.

I like the idea. I always thought that the giveaway creation screen isn't newbie-friendly even on the most basic levels. It just feels like as if it was created by a frequent user for himself, not for general use. Floating hint text, a little more explanation like yours, something other than pointing to an FAQ. Using a single FAQ page only to educate all users is like still living in 1996. It's apparent that whoever made the new web site kows how to make web pages. That knowledge should be used.

What about turning that proposed checkbox ON by default. People will have to read and understand that they need to uncheck the box to create a giveaway. Yeah, it's a little extra work for creating a giveaway, but at least people will have to actively prove that they read the form.

For anyone with more than a few giveaways (3-5 maybe?), you could hide/remove that part of the giveaway form. At that point, they clearly understand the site a little better, and don't need the extra hand-holding.

BTW, for those claiming lack of English comprehension is the problem: these users clearly understood enough English to know that the site is about game giveaways. Expecting them to read one more sentence isn't that much to ask.

Sounds too complicated imo. Make 8 buttons:
[I] [WILL] [GIVE] [THIS] [GAME] [TO] [ANOTHER] [PERSON]
And you must click them in the right order. Mistake = start again.
Just an example. There is no way a person understanding english could still think they're getting a game after this one.

I think a simple image would do. (mad paint skillz, I know)

View attached image.

you could also put another option that says "i want to be banned", which will create a fake giveaway. :3

I see the reasoning behind you idea, however, this is not a professional way to handle such stuff and most probably, would never be accepted as a solution by any portal. What's more, I'm afraid most of the people would just click that option all the time, finally succumbing and creating a fake giveaway anyway (because the 'I want to win' option doesn't work!).

tl;dr
bump +1 gl

I disagree, creating a fake option is not a good idea. People who are this stupid and lazy should be suspended and banned by their second or third fault.