I wish I had another method to filter out the bots from a public giveaway than shutting out 99% of the user base, but alas, most of the bots are on level 0 and 1 (even if they actually go as high as level 10).
You're okay! I have found region restricted giveaways are really good for lowering the count - not sure if it's mostly from a particular country or region - would be good info to know, just out of curiosity.
Technically, yes, since most of the bot users are from Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, China, and Taiwan, in this order, with gigantic margins after the first and third places. (An idiot Brazilian just managed to blow his 150-bot network yesterday.)
But there is no single region that is bot-free, nor can you narrow it down to any country that is 100% bot-free, unless there is actually zero people registered from there on SteamGifts. :)
Veeeeeery obvious link in descriptions. Not to mention that China has even worse percentages of English--speakers than the CIS region (heck, Ukraine is one of the best countries inthis regard on the list), yet somehow they still managed to find the clickable link.
I also have the SGTools check of 7400 winners and another 450 I manage to get suspended over the years. The data got especially interesting after the site implemented automatic entry removal, because double wins after that downright flared bot users. Combined with my data from the experiment, I got the list above.
... 150 bots? O_o shakes head ruefully I can't even begin to understand why anyone would need something like that. Was this on Steam or here, or both (or neither?)
There is a relatively large activity from Brazil, RU/CIS, and Turkey, but a large chunk of their activity is done through region-specific giveaways. The South Americans have especially switched to region-specific giveaways for a good while. If you look at the Archive page when there is no fresh bundle going on, you can see that there are plenty of region-specific giveaways are made all the time.
Well isn't like 70% of the user base accounts that haven't been to the site in years?
Beep-boop. Thank you [gifter name] for the chance to win a copy of [game name]!
You're okay! I have found region restricted giveaways are really good for lowering the count - not sure if it's mostly from a particular country or region - would be good info to know, just out of curiosity.
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Technically, yes, since most of the bot users are from Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, China, and Taiwan, in this order, with gigantic margins after the first and third places. (An idiot Brazilian just managed to blow his 150-bot network yesterday.)
But there is no single region that is bot-free, nor can you narrow it down to any country that is 100% bot-free, unless there is actually zero people registered from there on SteamGifts. :)
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lolwhat
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i found the thread: https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/oLuSJ/steam-api-key-very-important-discussion
talgaby's comment is golden 😆😆😆
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ahahahah
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I don't lurk often on the forums, but this thread is golden!! what a jerk !!!
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What?! Where did those numbers come from? UA takes only 9th place on SG according to stats/community/users.
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AutoJoin is Ukrainian, you know.
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Just wow... Does it mean that all UA users use it? You don't have any stats about bots, but blame users from seven countries. Cool.
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blueheart for GYBE and concern for generalizations ;
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<3
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https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/EWTuj/
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Everything was written in English
Maybe that's the problem? Low lvls from RU\CIS not ignored your GA description, they just don't understand you (and doesn't care about it too).
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Veeeeeery obvious link in descriptions. Not to mention that China has even worse percentages of English--speakers than the CIS region (heck, Ukraine is one of the best countries inthis regard on the list), yet somehow they still managed to find the clickable link.
I also have the SGTools check of 7400 winners and another 450 I manage to get suspended over the years. The data got especially interesting after the site implemented automatic entry removal, because double wins after that downright flared bot users. Combined with my data from the experiment, I got the list above.
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... 150 bots? O_o shakes head ruefully I can't even begin to understand why anyone would need something like that. Was this on Steam or here, or both (or neither?)
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Steam, but several bots were farming SG too.
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Lol that's crazy, didn't know Brazil had that much activity on Steam at all - everything seems to be in Russian, English, or Chinese.
Thanks for the education!
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There is a relatively large activity from Brazil, RU/CIS, and Turkey, but a large chunk of their activity is done through region-specific giveaways. The South Americans have especially switched to region-specific giveaways for a good while. If you look at the Archive page when there is no fresh bundle going on, you can see that there are plenty of region-specific giveaways are made all the time.
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Obligatory "I am not a bot" comment;)
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Hmmm.... That's exactly what a bot would say.
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Oh, what did you say, human? I was just doing some human activities...
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Well isn't like 70% of the user base accounts that haven't been to the site in years?
Beep-boop. Thank you [gifter name] for the chance to win a copy of [game name]!
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There are level 10 bots?!?!
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Many thanks piep for this piep awesome piep giveaway piep ^^
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why they can't add captcha on ga?
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I'm not a bot, trust me. "BEEP"
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Thanks for this giveaway! : )
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Level 10 bots, what?
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here is an otter to prove I am not a bot.
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That is obviously a autojoin-otter-bot, hence the keys to an automobile in its mouth!
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lmao! busted :(
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Beep boop, I have infiltreated thier side, nobody suspects a thing.
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Thanks!
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Thank you, no bot here, I promise bzzt 0101
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I was discovered!
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That's a lot of bots.. Oo This just makes me sad. :(
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Probably only save method is using puzzles. But then you have to fear leakers.
Thanks for the great GA, talgaby!
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Thank you!
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Totally not a bot here.
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Thanks =)
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Bot would say thank you so I'll say thank you human.
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Thanks!
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thanks
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Whaaa, thank you!! ^-^
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Enjoy the investigation! ^__^
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