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The original was posted on /r/freegamefindings by /u/StOoPiD_U on 2024-01-07 22:33:56.
Hey everyone, wanted to make a quick reminder post and announcement about stuff in regards to FGF Giveaways since there was a small bit of discourse about them.
A little reminder, FGF Giveaways are not typical posts to FGF. There seems to be a couple of people that somehow missed this thing we've been doing for seven plus years now. These are bonus offers for the FGF community where I (or any other mod if they have wished) contact developers/publishers/stores/etc and see if they would want to do something directly with our community. These events are not within the general rules of FGF because a public raffle isn't really anything we can limit for our users, however an FGF Giveaway is meant for just us, so it was something I wanted to put into practice ages ago, and majority of users have positive experiences and reactions with. I know we had some growth recently, so it might have been missed, but these are exceptions that are special for the FGF community. We have also voted on these in the past, and they obviously went the "pro FGF Giveaways route". These are not going anywhere.
For full transparency, these giveaways have on many occasions lead to me getting a test key/version of something being given away. They haven't ever been a deciding factor in doing them, but have happened. See a list here.
There is at least one more planned FGF Giveaway coming soon that I am very excited about and look forward to sharing soon!
If you are a user that for some reason doesn't want to see these rarely occurring posts, then there are a couple of things you can do.
You could use the new filter I made for the FGF Giveaway flair I just put together. You can find it in the sidebar (at least on old.reddit) at the top with the other filters with two methods of use. Or you can directly visit it via the link here - . Here is an image of the link(s) in the sidebar if you are lost somehow -
The first url for it is for old.reddit styling and the alt method is for new.reddit.
Using the browser extension "Reddit Enhancement Suite", you can filter out keywords. In this context, you could block the phrase "FGF Giveaway", and you should be good.
Alternatively, simply ignoring it if you aren't interested is also valid, but having these optional means of cutting them out can work better for some.
Hope that helps, it was weird to see some anger about something that has been a part of FGF for years. These sorts of events have helped out indie developers, publishers, stores and more while being mutually beneficial for FGF in terms of growth, and of course in terms of having a small promotional event within our community. Thanks for using FGF, and best of luck with the Run Tekila Run! giveaway that is currently ongoing!