Giveaway threads are not allowed

[Axcellho]

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections. From now on, posting or replying to such threads could result in being banned. Existing threads will be locked.

Specifically, you are not allowed to give people any incentive to post insubstantial posts in your threads. You can't offer to pay people who post their addresses, usernames, etc. You can do giveaways off-site and link to the giveaway page in a thread, but you can't give people any bonus for replying to your thread.

Similar threads are already restricted to Games and Rounds in the non-altcoin sections, but the giveaway-related post volume is so high in the altcoin sections that I've decided to just ban them entirely here.

I have seen a number of 'coin launch' threads where the devs of a coin give out a free sample of coins to those who are first to get a wallet and post an address.

They completely got away with it. Is it frowned upon? Is it just allowed on small scale in the context of coin announcement threads? Or not at all?

Just wondering...

[Zeta0S]

Why not? Giveaway`s where my favorite topics

[gembitz]

^this policy is WRONG!! ~ outright wrong to try to limit free sharing ! :\

[mprep]

^this policy is WRONG!! ~ outright wrong to try to limit free sharing ! :\

You are free to host your altcoin giveaways off-site and link to them here (as it states in the OP).

[alani123]

^this policy is WRONG!! ~ outright wrong to try to limit free sharing ! :\

This policy was mostly introduced due to the spam caused by altcoin giveaways. Since the introduction of the rule mods have had a more relaxed stance on the issue, you can see special offers offering free products all over bitcointalk but IMO the ban of altcoin giveaways was surely justified.

[gembitz]

^this policy is WRONG!! ~ outright wrong to try to limit free sharing ! :\

You are free to host your altcoin giveaways off-site and link to them here (as it states in the OP).

^I'm just thinking it's forms a better community spirit when people are encouraged to share not just coins but fresh ideas ...this is the missing piece of the bitcoin puzzle :-D

[dejavuboy]

Giveaway's are fun except scamm topics

[Zeta0S]

Here is what I do not get tho, WHY?

All it would take is a new section dedicated to giveaway posts to make everyone happy.

Because they are annoying and no one likes them, a thread specifically for them would be stupid.

I liked them.

[pokerplayer]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

[mprep]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

If you are referring to Bitcoin giveaways in Games and Rounds, yes. In terms of altcoin giveaways, this "no on-forum giveaways" rule applies forum-wide (well, in actuality, in the entire altcoin section since altcoin posts outside this section are usually off-topic).

[Zeta0S]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

deeplink?

[gembitz]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

If you are referring to Bitcoin giveaways in Games and Rounds, yes. In terms of altcoin giveaways, this "no on-forum giveaways" rule applies forum-wide (well, in actuality, in the entire altcoin section since altcoin posts outside this section are usually off-topic).

casino good...true community spirit bad? hmmm you ok? 

[mprep]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

If you are referring to Bitcoin giveaways in Games and Rounds, yes. In terms of altcoin giveaways, this "no on-forum giveaways" rule applies forum-wide (well, in actuality, in the entire altcoin section since altcoin posts outside this section are usually off-topic).

casino good...true community spirit bad? hmmm you ok? 

Discuss said topic where it belongs - in Meta, if in terms of gambling being accepted on Bitcointalk or in Gambling discussion on topics related to Bitcoin gambling in general.

[gembitz]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

If you are referring to Bitcoin giveaways in Games and Rounds, yes. In terms of altcoin giveaways, this "no on-forum giveaways" rule applies forum-wide (well, in actuality, in the entire altcoin section since altcoin posts outside this section are usually off-topic).

casino good...true community spirit bad? hmmm you ok? 

Discuss said topic where it belongs - in Meta, if in terms of gambling being accepted on Bitcointalk or in Gambling discussion on topics related to Bitcoin gambling in general.

^we are talking about Giveaway threads being ONLY allowed on CASINOS this seems slanted towards dooglus and his buddies!! :-D

[mprep]

Okey we still can post giveaway thread in other part of this forum so this change isnt really problematric for me because we still  have giveaways here which can give us really good rewards so I am not really worried.

If you are referring to Bitcoin giveaways in Games and Rounds, yes. In terms of altcoin giveaways, this "no on-forum giveaways" rule applies forum-wide (well, in actuality, in the entire altcoin section since altcoin posts outside this section are usually off-topic).

casino good...true community spirit bad? hmmm you ok?  

Discuss said topic where it belongs - in Meta, if in terms of gambling being accepted on Bitcointalk or in Gambling discussion on topics related to Bitcoin gambling in general.

^we are talking about Giveaway threads being ONLY allowed on CASINOS this seems slanted towards dooglus and his buddies!! :-D

If we're talking about on-forum altcoin giveaways, there are no exceptions. If you know of a giveaway that includes giving away altcoin AND requires users to post on this forum in a relatively low effort manner (which includes services that remind more of a giveaway, than a bounty/service/etc.), report it.

If we're talking about the "Games and Rounds" Bitcoin giveaways, anyone can create a giveaway there, not just Bitcoin casinos.

[Drnice]

this was giving room to anybody who just thinks he can develop any crypto currency and then saturate the market with it, it serves them well...

[fathur.aza]

why the giveaway thread is not allowed and allow reviews major forget.
create and market new cryptos new 1,000,000 saturating the market

[gembitz]

this was giving room to anybody who just thinks he can develop any crypto currency and then saturate the market with it, it serves them well...

^censorship of any kind should be frowned upon+ if people didn't wanna GAMBLE they would'nt accept this shitcoins! :-D

[blackhawk101]

the winner giveaway only one person and get 1 million coin rise
or all participan can get coin rise,total distributed one million coin

Rise Delegate Contest Participants can win 9 prizes in total (maximum of one prize per person) as listed in the PDF document. (please download and read)

Here is a list of all the prizes made available for a total of 1 Million RISE

1st prize 400,000 RISE
2nd prize 200,000 RISE
3rd prize 100,000 RISE
4th  50,000 RISE
5th  50,000 RISE
6th  50,000 RISE
7th  50,000 RISE
8th  50,000 RISE
9th  50,000 RISE

All prizes also include bonus (released later this year through airdrop)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1445947.msg18336096#msg18336096

[mprep]

the winner giveaway only one person and get 1 million coin rise
or all participan can get coin rise,total distributed one million coin

Rise Delegate Contest Participants can win 9 prizes in total (maximum of one prize per person) as listed in the PDF document. (please download and read)

Here is a list of all the prizes made available for a total of 1 Million RISE

1st prize 400,000 RISE
2nd prize 200,000 RISE
3rd prize 100,000 RISE
4th  50,000 RISE
5th  50,000 RISE
6th  50,000 RISE
7th  50,000 RISE
8th  50,000 RISE
9th  50,000 RISE

All prizes also include bonus (released later this year through airdrop)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1445947.msg18336096#msg18336096

The giveaway you linked doesn't seem to incentivise any sort of posting on Bitcointalk. Even the OP of this thread states that it's OK to link to off-forum giveaways.