We've all seen these before - a seemingly benign thread, asking what your favorite game is or when the next Steam sale is. But then you notice that there are strangely jtalicized or bolded letters in the text or just strange syntax n general. Some people even have the giveaway code hidden in the title of the thread. And some people just make (i)t completely too obvious. But if you see these characteristics, or strange characters at the start of each sentence or in the text, like a 4 or other number, you can be sure that there is a private giveaway hiding behind.

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Rules:
Do not share answers, hints, giveaway links, the name of the giveaway or generally spoil the puzzle in any form.

If you solve at least half (15) of the puzzles, you will get an invite to a private giveaway at the end of July. I'll try to pick something that no one has already, but no guarantees. Please make a parent post in the giveaway to be counted. Also, to be invited to the bonus giveaway, post in A Puzzle a Day #30 with the puzzles you have solved. You are not required to solve the puzzles before the giveaways end. Solving them at any point in time will count towards the 15 required puzzles.

Solution:

Not difficult - just take the strange or missing characters to get the giveaway links.
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The trickiest one is the 8. In the link given by "title of the thread" the title in the link (the volume is at 8 but it is loud 4) is different from the actual title of the thread.