When you win a GA, do you always whitelist the poster ?

I always say thanks

maybe it'll change as I win more game, but when I was new I was super grateful for every game I won so I did actually blue heart-ed everyone I won from, and try to give them my impression of the games after I played it.

Sadly some of those seem to stop using SG after I came back from a 4-year break. But there is someone who was actually happy that I reviewed the game they gaveaway.

Good point. I am going to start doing that now.

I check their SG profile and end up blacklisting instead ^（｀ω´ ）^ψ

I thank people with some mention of why I hoped to win, if I can, and try to circle back and tell them thoughts after I played.

I prefer to whitelist people who are thoughtful on SG in some way, and sometimes that's for gifting, though.

yes (almost 99%)

Special people get whitelisted, but there’s not much point unless one does whitelist giveaways - because that’s the special function of it.

I actually do. But I absolutely do not expect people to do this in general (in particular, I do not expect my winners to whitelist me).

Yes but sometimes not definitively, when a user is absent for years or break some rules (activating games, or trying games without SAM)

Rarely. If they are someone who haven't won much or honestly play their games.
I always say thank you and sometimes I leave short review after I beat game if I enjoyed it. I believe best I can do is play these wins, I think now I have left unplayed HoMM3, which is kinda my shame, such great game being untouched for almost year. I may get to it after I finish Call of Juarez, which I started play.

Yes, I actually do that.

No because I never win

I forget sometimes, but I usually do, as well as those creating big events and trains that I don't win in... if I ever have something really recent or popular to give away, I'll be able to give back