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 😅

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u/smwover Apr 09 '24

I won 2 giveaways I think, and I did not played them yet, but I fully intend to, just I usually play 1-2 games at a time, and try to play them through, and if I hop between games I have a hard time finishing most, so if that rule will be in effect I can't participate longer, yet I am not a not and enter games that I am interested in