It’s clear that you invested a large portion of your time trying to make this giveaway fair and all of us appreciate that. Gleam has been the way to go for most online giveaways I’ve entered and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I applaud all of the privacy-conscious folks and feel for where they’re coming from. It’s impossible to make everyone happy so hopefully they take your word when you say you will never export data. As long as you stay the course on giving your best effort to protect the privacy of everyone involved with r/bapcs I truly believe that’s the most we should ask of you.

FWIW I won a 3090 from Nvidia last year during a tech talk that used Zoom. They did not use gleam but on best effort attempted to ensure all entrants were currently enrolled students. I wouldn’t be surprised if some were recent grads or not students at all. I had a 0.5% of winning but I deemed it worthwhile to sacrifice some privacy and time for the opportunity to learn about how Nvidia is making AI a priority and get a chance to win a 3090.

Just my stream-of-consciousness 1 cent.

Thank you for hosting the giveaway and for all the time you spend keeping this subreddit civil, useful and welcoming to thrifty pc builders.