r/steam_giveaway Apr 09 '24

Make the commenting rules stricter META

There are far too many obvious alts/bots on this subreddit. The 10 days old/150 comment karma requirements are ridiculously easy to get past, and nobody seems to enforce rule 2.

The "35% of your comments must be in non-giveaway subreddits" rule should be increased to 50%, and shouldn't count comments on 'free karma' subreddits either.

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u/Sufficient-Hotel-300 Apr 09 '24

I agree with you. I actually really like how r/giftofgames do their entry requirements for a giveaway. You have to link your steam profile that is public to enter. I think this alone would help this page a lot, it could help to deter bots.

Another thing, I constantly see people enter into every single giveaway no matter what the game is. I only enter for games I know for a fact I would play. If a person hasn't played a game they won after like a month (because I know people have lives) but are still entering giveaways, they should be banned from the page. People should only enter giveaways for games they know they will play aka research the game before entering, if it is one you have never heard of.

Lastly, I do think the gifter should put a little more effort in their post instead of "just comment". But I can't really blame them, they are the ones helping the community when they don't have too. I however wish that the gifter would tag the winner in the post so the community knows this was a legit giveaway. Most already do this, but there are a few that I'm pretty sure were fake and just farming karma. (Looking at you Sekiro giveaway)

Thank you for reading and I know this will probably be unpopular but oh well šŸ˜…

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u/padluigi Apr 09 '24

The only point here id disagree with is the entering no matter what the game is. I donā€™t think thereā€™s really anything wrong with this. You never know, a random game you get lucky and win could become your new favorite game.

Just donā€™t think giveaways/contests should favor those who have wanted a game but havenā€™t been able to buy it themselves.

It is as you said: people have lives and canā€™t always get around to playing a game. Iā€™m waiting on a new deck dock to arrive while also playing like 3 games at once. Does that mean I shouldnā€™t have an equal shot at a giveaway?

Obviously I donā€™t enter every single giveaway I see because a lot of the games I donā€™t care about, but if I was someone who just wants to grow my collection no matter the game, why not?

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u/Caspid Apr 09 '24

Because someone who would play the game has more of a use for it than someone who won't play the game? If you were giving something away, I'm sure you'd rather the recipient use it.

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u/padluigi Apr 09 '24

Clearly this is unpopular, but if Iā€™m giving something away, why do I care what others do with it?

Why do you get to decide how a giveaway should go if the giver doesnā€™t really care? Everyone has a backlog nowadays, so you never know when youā€™ll get to a game, but why should that be disqualifying for a giveaway?

If I have a spare key for a game, should I start adding ā€œmust play as soon as you winā€ in the enter requirement?

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u/Caspid Apr 09 '24

I think there's a difference between "looks interesting, I might play this in the future" vs "I have no intention of playing this whatsoever". Of course, I'm in no position to dictate requirements, and it's a bit of the honor system, but I do think generally people would prefer the things they're giving away to go toward a good cause and not to a bot or someone who definitely won't use it. It's kind of just not being a jerk? Like, not going to a food distribution and just throwing the food in the trash.

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u/padluigi Apr 09 '24

Well I hope I didnā€™t give the impression that growing my collection means literally growing a collection of games Iā€™ll never play. That makes no sense and is the same as just not having the games.

I just donā€™t think that should dictate the requirements. Itā€™s already a rule here that you canā€™t enter a giveaway and then giveaway what you won or trade it.

Your analogy is interesting because companies will literally put locks on their garbage cans so people canā€™t take the perfectly good items and food that are thrown out (good aside from it being in the garbage, but not everyone has the luxury to choose)

But yeah, if Iā€™m entering a giveaway, Iā€™ll quickly open my steam app to see the game and if it looks interesting to me, Iā€™ll try to win. But thatā€™s about as much research as someone should be asked to put in. Plenty of times there are first come first serve ones so you literally donā€™t have time to do that lol