Hey there! I have aquired some steam keys from humble for games I already have.

What is the best way to go about giving them away here to (try to) make sure they go to people who actually want the game and not just code grabbers?

Maybe a giveaway thread with “tell me your best…” and pick randomly?

I have 6 pretty popular (but not new) AAA game keys, most with goty addins.

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Be careful that you trust the admins of the instance you’re on, they are able to see private messages I believe.

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What the fuck? For real?

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They can. Private messages are nothing more than a reply like this one just targeted at one user. They aren’t encrypted.

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It’s possible I’m wrong, but I believe so

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Slip em to me, I’ll make sure they’re distributed evenly

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Next time you see a post you like in the games lemmy, just send the OP a key and thank them for being a generator of content. Tell them they can keep it or pass on the good act.

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I like that!

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The most important thing is to send a private message. If you post it publicly a bot scraper will very likely get it.

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Sounds like a good idea to make users engage in the community. Just make sure to send the keys in private message to the winners so that the codes aren’t auto-redeemed by bots/etc

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There was a giftofgaming community someone created that a few people tried to keep going for a while.

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Thansk! That would be awesome, but sadly, the only one I saw only had 21 members.

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Getting actual engagement seems like a good idea, though I suspect people may try out Chat GPT if you get enough attention

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Oof, what can you do, I guess?

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What are the games?

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I have given away games on reddit in the past. In my experience, this worked best:

  • Make sure it’s cleared with the moderators.
  • State in the post how long the giveaway will run (often 1-3 days).
  • Top-level comments count as entries.
  • (Optional) Require commenters to follow some simple instruction, like including the word duck, or stating their favorite game.
  • Accounts with less than X karma are ineligible.
  • When the time is up, pick a random comment as the winner. Alternatively, have everyone comment a number within a range stated in your post, and the comment that comes closest to the number you had in mind wins.

This gave everyone a fair chance against bots, hoarders, and resellers.

Edit: I never ask people to reveal an off-site account (e.g. their Steam account) because that would create a link between accounts, making them vulnerable to tracking and doxxing. The world needs less of that, not more.

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This is mostly what I was thinking, plus some I didn’t think of. so thanks!

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Update- humble ran out of keys. Didn’t know that was a thing.

So I am waiting to have them all in hand to start. Thanks.

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