Automatically enter Steamgifts.com giveaways and more

Steamgifts guidelines update

Just published an update that turns off these settings:

• AutoJoin in background.
  
• AutoJoin if page is opened every X hours.

Right now it's not clear what is a criteria of getting a suspension. I advise you to stop using AutoJoin button and keeping those options off (although they're still available in settings).

Maybe using moderate settings you'll be fine, like checking only your wishlist and only every 10 hours? I don't know. And if you want to try it - you'll be at fault of your suspension.

Hope you still find this extension useful.


Original announcement:

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/ZIVso/autojoin-scripts

Originally posted by cg:

Hi SG,

I want to remind everyone that using scripts to automatically join giveaways is against the rules. To help clarify, I updated the site guidelines today:

Scripts should not be used to automatically enter into giveaways. This includes scripts that enter multiple giveaways at once, or scripts that enter giveaways while you are away.
I would like to try reducing the usage of these scripts through two approaches...

• The last few weeks I've been logging and reviewing data. On average, a user with scripts enters 4x as many giveaways as a user without scripts. I believe this happens because users currently receive a high number of points, and scripts are able to use those points more efficiently. To fix this issue I want to lower point distribution to a more reasonable amount. This will allow users casually visiting the site a couple of times a day to use all of their points, and therefore reduce the need and advantage of using such scripts.
  
• Secondly, starting October, I am going to start assigning suspensions to users that are using these scripts. I feel they do not benefit the community in any way, and I want to try to ensure SteamGifts stays a fun and social place for everyone to visit. Of course, that only happens when real people are interacting with the site.

If you have any thoughts on the topic, please leave a comment.

So, what do you guys think? Right now I'm thinking of publishing an update that disables background autojoin for everyone. I'll keep an option to enable it back but you'll risk getting a suspension.