I used to do the same thing, but I took some inner distance from the whole SG craze in the last couple of years, and that made me care less about other people's manners. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't blacklist non-thankers.

I have conflicted feelings on it personally. I'd rather see that the game were played than to receive an obligatory and potentially insincere thank you. I don't blacklist folks for not thanking, and I don't blacklist folks for not playing (unless I request it explicitly). My blacklist is smol and people generally only get added for egregious behaviors.

I guess I'd rather people say thanks with more thought. Often it's a generic thank you. I'd rather have less generic thanks and more occasional thoughtful words, like why they like the game, or something.

I am the same. I just find it rude. SG is not a vending machine and it seems like the bare minimum to say thank you when you win a game from a stranger who could have kept the game for themselves (or idle it for cards like some do or even sell it for cash now) but chose to give it away.

This being said, I don't know if I prefer people who don't even say anything to those who just leave something like "ty" but that's another topic for another time.

Mhm. I get that. I mean, I'd love to get a thanks and even when they actually come back and tell me they played it and how they liked it - which is what I always do.
But I know that ppl not always behave the way I do. And I hate excluding ppl. And being mean. So I'm having a hard time blacklisting others. Bc... I don't want to be blacklisted either ;(

For pubic GAs, I don't care about the winner thanking or not thanking. The chance of the game just being a +1 to the winner is quite high. I actually dislike ppl comment "thanks for the chance".
For events/invite only, I expect the winner to provide some type of feedback (on winning the GAs or on the game after they play it). But if they don't, what can I do? I can blacklist them, but what are the chances of the same user winning my GAs again in the future if I don't blacklist them. It seems too much work for 0 gain.
And for blue heart GAs, if a user is on my blue heart list, it is highly likely they would provide some type of feedback, so this would not apply to them.

I'm 50/50 on it... I tend to look at the persons history of saying thanks. If there is 80%+ of recent wins without a thanks, the odds of being blacklisted grow dramatically.... that is if I remember that I had something pending to check later.

Sometimes I use thanks to know when I should crate the next batch of GA's, sometimes its an older key and I worry and getting that thanks gets rid of the stress, sometimes its just nice to have a nice little dopamine spike from a thanks.

I always appreciate when it feels like a real person actually gets the game. Better yet when they seem excited to try it.

I think TGC has affected people and they started to thank others when they win GAs. For me that’s a positive thing even if they use generic messages. It feels weird to give a game to someone and have zero interaction from them.

It's endless, if you blacklist those who don't say thanks but you make a lot of GA, you'll soon fill all slots. Also i prefer someone who plays than someone who says thank you.

I appreciate if someone thanks for receiving a game, however I won't blacklist if they don't.

After all, some people come from countries with language barriers...

Whether I blacklist someone probably depends on my mood too.
I think I've temporarily blacklisted people like that...

But I mainly use the blacklist for... SGTools rule violators and those who use unacceptable language toward other SG users.
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…I'm that regrettable alien who occasionally says narrow-minded things while ignoring my own faults.😂🛸

It's so easy. I just don't understand why people don't say thanks.
At the same time, since it's so easy, the difference between somebody who says thanks and somebody that doesn't may not be that large. So it doesn't really influence my blacklist choices much.

Not really bothered about the thanks. I feel weird when someone thanks me for anything.

I just hope the winner wanted the game with the intention of playing. They don't have to play, just the intention. Our backlogs are longer than our life so I don't really expect people to play the game.

I appreciate any thanks I get, but honestly if the winner doesn’t thank me I completely forget about the giveaway after I’ve sent the key, so I don’t remember to feel miffed. Best of both worlds, I guess :)
I still haven’t added anyone to my blacklist. There are users I’d prefer to avoid, sure, but I haven’t encountered anyone I really wouldn’t want to win my giveaways, if that makes sense.

For me are a thanks after a win basic manners that i expect from my winners. It's the bare minimum to say, because the gifter spend money and invested time.
Each one that don't have this basic manners will not win a second time from me WHEN i have a BL slot free.
Only this way such people will maybe change their behavior.
Sadly the BL is limited to 1k, which force me to limit the BL to users with level 5 and higher.
And that force me to not do GAs below level 5 if it isn't for my WL or group.

If i had only the option to gift my leftover games to people that don't know the word "thanks" after winning or to throw it in the waste/bin, i would throw it in the waste/bin.

I don't really care about people writing, "Thank you" after they win the game, I just assume they might appreciate the win, and don't want to write generic "Thank you". I remember that one person wrote feedback (he also wrote thanks for the win) for his win on my steam profile He was suspend or something for a while, that he has really enjoyed the "Pathfinder: WoTR".

I used to blacklist people, that makes giveaways mainly in small groups. Nowadays I just use sgtools.

To follow up on a reply I just made, I can easily see a point in the future where smarter bots (presumably Gen-AI driven) know how to automatically thank you for their win, and even write a "personal" thank you based on the game description that sounds better than 90% of what people actually write.

Sobering thought. Gen-AI may not be as smart as us but it's sure willing to work harder than many of us have the time, desire, or moral compunction to. I fear the future of non face-to-face interaction becoming more and more generated by AI, and even leading to AIs chatting to AIs, with no human in the loop at all.

I only have 2 users on my blacklist and its just since like 2 months. I even already forgot why i put one of them there? Would need to ask Herb :D
The other one was leeching thru all groups.
Before i had a clean BL and idk how much i care tbh to maintain this list.
I cant even make a note right? Then like 1 year later i wont have an idea why i put them there lol.
So im probably not too much of a help in this topic ^^

Thanks 😸