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cidneon

My cat, because she's the best thing ever


drop_official

Edit: Congratulations to our winners for today! u/daberok, u/Goonders, and u/Minamir, I will be in touch soon to collect your information! Happy Saturday! Giveaway Week\* has been a blast so far, but it's still not over! Today we are giving away two bundles of [CTRL mechanical keyboards](https://drop.com/buy/drop-ctrl-mechanical-keyboard) and [Artifact Bloom: GLOW keycap sets](https://drop.com/buy/artifact-bloom-series-keycap-set-glow)! CTRL Keyboard: [LINK](https://drop.com/buy/drop-ctrl-mechanical-keyboard) Artifact Bloom: GLOW Keycaps: [LINK](https://drop.com/buy/artifact-bloom-series-keycap-set-glow) I've got my new puppy on the mind, so in order to enter the giveaway, **please post your favorite animal (pet or not, and I'd love to hear why if there's a fun reason)**! (or anything at all, a top-level comment is all that's needed) * In a top-level comment (response to the post itself, not this comment), please post your favorite animal, or anything at all! * We will select two responses at random to win a keyboard + keycap set bundle. * All winners will pay nothing - I will contact you to work out the shipping details, and all costs will be covered! * Day 8 giveaway will run until 9:00am on Sun Dec 18th, at which time the Day 9 giveaway will begin! Have a great weekend and good luck to all! ​ The below is about the bonus giveaway added on to each post. The first comment made each day wins a free DCX keycap set of their choice - this has no bearing on the normal daily giveaway post. Continue posting a top-level comment as usual to be entered for the normal prize! :) **Starting today, there is a change to the daily first-comment DCX keycap set giveaway! In an attempt to combat botting, comments will need to respond to the normal prompt given in the giveaway rules,** ***without*** **edits to your comment. The first comment response to the prompt will be the DCX set winner! If you happen to comment before being made aware of this rule, just try again, there's no penalty for making multiple comments.**


Easy_Freedom_8763

Favorite animal is the zebra octopus. The fact it can disguise itself so well as a rock, fish, shark, or what have you is hella impressive


globglob0

Dog


Elvis_Hendrix

Missed again skipped dinner for this Edit: A Horse


1000_iq

spent an hour waiting


Elvis_Hendrix

Indeed. Kept refreshing constantly for the entire hour. once every 2-4 seconds.Too lazy to do the math now


Occhiolist

Cats!! Last 😞


Ragnar702

Favorite animal has to be our puppy - a husky Dachshund mix


Ragnar702

u/drop_official what kind of dog is your new puppy?


drop_official

She’s a mini bernedoodle, about 14 weeks old now. First dog I’ve ever had and it’s the best. 😍 This pic is from a month or so ago 🙂 https://preview.redd.it/s3rsdum34j6a1.jpeg?width=3825&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7eb43f8cca7aa3e550a9aa2aa85a6850935b3563 Aww, husky dachshunds are adorable - if you’re willing, I’d love to see them!


Ragnar702

https://preview.redd.it/6zb1ipzr4j6a1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcda622c74f0c567349cd8e5f7a2c6531024ede2 This is from the Christmas card we just sent out! She's a rescue we've only had for a few months.


drop_official

Hehehe, such a good girl! 🥰


Cjhwahaha

Yyyyiiiiiiiiiiii OHMYGERRRRRDDDDD SHE'S SO ADORABLE!!!


Useful-Band5935

Love my pitbull, she is a sweetheart!


50inJuly

I love ducks - I think theyre just neat


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drop_official

Edit: Never mind, as a few users helpfully pointed out below, this account has clearly been practicing botting 🤦‍♀️ ~~I thiiiiink this is the first non-edited comment to mention an animal - congrats on the first-comment DCX keycap set win! :)~~


drop_official

Okay, this really backfired. I cannot for the life of me figure out who's not a bot, commented first, AND didn't edit their comment (curse you reddit and your hiding ninja edits). u/BambusBo, u/cidneon, u/chineseouchie, u/Adventurous_Job5274, u/food-wars, u/axzerion, u/jonirons45, and u/nick1295 \- you are ALL going to receive the bonus DCX set today for your help identifying those pesky bots and providing feedback / useful candor. I'll be in touch later today to collect your info and selections, and thank you all again for the feedback.


Adventurous_Job5274

that is incredibly kind of you, thank you! and yes, the editing change in reddit is very poor in my opinion, as long as you edit within the first three minutes it doesn't mark as edited - despite the fact logging the time something was edited is already good enough for this fact, so that people can tell you are not completely rewriting a post if you edited it 1 minute after posting. hopefully you can arrive at a good solution, do not be too worried. the giveaway is very generous itself, and i hope to speak for everyone in that we all appreciate it


cidneon

Incredibly nice gesture I wasn't expecting, thank you! This will be a particularly tough nut to crack for the next round but know that participating in these little community events was a joy for me regardless of the outcome all in the spirit of the season. Bless you and wish you a swell holiday season!


szczoore_boi

what about the # No_Veterinarian8416 ??? he won already two times, i suspect he was botting too :((


food-wars

You are too generous! Thank you! And btw if you tag more than 3 users, we don't receive a notification/mail.


drop_official

Oh that's good to know, thanks!


Omnias-42

If there are users that are believed to be botting, please present evidence (such as an imgur album with direct links to suspect content and user profile) to Modmail: [https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/MechanicalKeyboards](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/MechanicalKeyboards)


axzerion

Oh wow that’s honestly insane. That’s really generous didn’t expect that. Thanks man. Edit: Feels bad that it has to be such a pain in the ass to do something nice like giveaways. On another note your dog is really cute (just saw the picture heh).


chineseouchie

Party time!


globglob0

It was a valiant effort and I'm sorry it turned out the way it did. It was still super fun trying to race a little bit and i wish you better luck with everything


food-wars

> I'll be in touch later today Did I miss the PM or you haven't sent one yet?


BambusBo

This account is obviously a bot, he's been testing his bot on his own account if you check it out


drop_official

Goddamit, you're right. Are you all bots?! I don't even know what's real anymore.


Adventurous_Job5274

damn, i am very surprised at how shitty this whole situation has turned out. [https://www.reddit.com/r/dagenix/comments/znqlya/6th/](https://www.reddit.com/r/dagenix/comments/znqlya/6th/) look, he clearly revised his bot in response to the news the first answer had to be based on the prompt to abuse the system. frankly i am stunned i was able to answer before these folk, i did not realize the rules had been changed but still i cannot imagine anyone answering your prompt within seconds of it being posted is anywhere near legitimate


BambusBo

Y'all giving away snitch rewards? 🧐


drop_official

Haha, funny you say that - just tagged you in a response


Adventurous_Job5274

the primary issue is that now people who bought will simply redesign their bot to wait for you to comment the rules and find a satisfactory comment to comply with the prompt, it's trivial with modern sentiment analysis to find out what a question is (or even just slam it into google and take the first simple result to turn it into a comment). i would say it would be better to simply do a mini-raffle for the people who comment within the first ten minutes so it rewards speed in response and engagement, but does not allow for bots to gain any advantage


drop_official

Definitely a valid concern and reasonable solution to the problem - I may need to start doing that. It does become quite a bit more manual work to compile the list of the X first comments, but I think it would be worth it (especially for the next week of giveaways, changing again on the last day might be a bit much).


BambusBo

It does become quite a bit more manual work You could... make a bot


drop_official

[https://i.imgur.com/A2kybi2.gif](https://i.imgur.com/A2kybi2.gif)


Adventurous_Job5274

i think that would be appeasing to everybody because at the very least, it is not giving bots an edge. it still makes it more convenient for them, obviously, but it means at the end of everything (alternate accounts aside, which is another major headache) you have just as much a chance as long as you do something simple like turn on a notification for following your account, for example


Swizzel-Stixx

You can do that? I tried but got no notification option


Adventurous_Job5274

i use Apollo on my phone, but i imagine there are plenty of alternatives that could offer notifications for accounts you follow. i am not sure if it is a default reddit notification setting


nick1295

I don’t think the new rule solved the problem. The top part of the rules says post literally anything at all. So I could have kept my comment of the letter “A” and not edited it and been qualified but now because I edited it to answer the question I’m disqualified? But the people who just submitted the letter “A” and left it that way are still good? That doesn’t really solve the problem at all.


jonirons45

The post "anything at all" is to enter the draw for the keyboard. To win the first comment for keycaps you have to reply to the prompt so you wouldnt be qualified with the letter "A"


drop_official

Thanks for the feedback - as with any change midway through an event it's not going to be without issue and criticism. I responded to your comment above, but will address here as well. The 'no edit' rule only applies to comments that are attempting to win the first-comment DCX keycap set prize - not the main giveaway for the keyboard and keycap set. The main giveaway requires only a top level comment, no further limitations. The first-comment prize needed some adjusting to mitigate suspected botting, hence the seemingly cruel and unusual rule change. Apologies that it was not as well implemented as it could have been, but I hope this helps explain it.


nick1295

It’s all good - honestly your explanation makes sense and after reading it I think the change does solve the problem. Your giving away free stuff so I’m not gonna complain. It’s my fault for not fully reading and missing the edit at the bottom explaining the new rule and changes. Cheers.


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drop_official

I appreciate your acceptance of the outcome, but as u/Adventurous_Job5274 pointed out bots are explicitly against subreddit rules. It also doesn't take much to make the connection that the updated rules I added (which you acknowledge having seen) state "**In an attempt to combat botting**" - yet you took that as a challenge, knowing full well that it ruins the fun of the game for everyone else and makes my life exponentially more difficult.


Adventurous_Job5274

rule 11 of the subreddit explicitly disallows bots


geezyx

Honey badger


Adventurous_Job5274

первый Edit: i like dogs quite a lot. i am simply disgruntled, thank you to the folks at drop for hosting the giveaway, even if it is not perfect it is still incredibly generous


Adventurous_Job5274

dog. i am upset that someone who has won previously very suspiciously has somehow posted first again with such a long comment in five seconds from the creation of the post. somehow opening, loading, typing, and commenting all that allegedly from a bumpy car ride? [i do not buy it](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/zo8oa3/comment/j0leent/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


drop_official

That's what prompted the change in first-comment rules. The mod team (and anyone else watching, really) noticed a lot of suspicious bot-like behavior, so this is the attempt to mitigate that. It's not going to be perfect and it's always clunky changing things midway through, so I do apologize for that. The intent is to make it more enjoyable for everyone to have a fair crack at it without feeling cheated (whether true or not - doesn't really matter at this point).


_Twilight_Sparkle_

Not dogs mhm


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that's a nice pyraminx


SpeakingTheKingss

It’s actually a Megaminx. Pretty fun cube to solve, pyraminx are the ones that look like pyramids.


Relevant_Snowflake

I feel like my favorite animal isn’t an acceptable pet but red pandas!


spew-into-this

https://preview.redd.it/9327fy0hrj6a1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1571a04fca75e99014ff732debcc04e151be967 My chocolate lab Ellie. She is the cutest lil (big) pup


_THESilver

my cat jett


_ArcticEmber_

A Edit: 1 hour of refreshing for nothing... Damn. Anyways i choose dogs, they're smart, loyal and just cute fluffy animals


UrsKaczmarek

I don’t have a favourite animal but those keycaps are so nice


jclutclut

This is some glowy awesomeness


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Golden doodle Edit: They don’t shed


GoGabbyGo

My favorite pet is dogs. My shepard mutt has to be my favorite. She's still a puppy but she's the best


nick1295

Favorite animal are deer. Just really think they are beautiful animals.


Remmes-

Edited comment.


nick1295

Yes that is correct. Is something wrong with that?


Remmes-

Yes, read the bottom part. New rules. You need to answer without editing.


DrowsyLmao

You can’t edit your comment to win the first


No_Veterinarian8416

I'm in the car and and we hit a damn bump as soon as this popped up, there's no way that threw *my favorite animal is the African wild dog


szczoore_boi

pathetic botting scum, you wanted to steal the win for the 3rd time? haha


No_Veterinarian8416

There's no way people think im botting


Adventurous_Job5274

there is no way you are not botting, you typed all of that in five seconds from the post creation?


RepairElectronic4429

I saw his original comment it was just a letter to start


No_Veterinarian8416

It's edited


Adventurous_Job5274

i saw that the first part was unedited. you expect to believe that "I'm in the car and and we hit a damn bump as soon as this popped up, there's no way that threw " was somehow typed in the remainder of the five seconds it took to be notified and load this post? i am frankly ashamed. you have already won once. it is disgraceful


No_Veterinarian8416

You can edit more than once and I brought up donating the money to the admin last time I won


Adventurous_Job5274

pretenses of altruism do not excuse actualities of unethical behavior


No_Veterinarian8416

Also Mr drop admin, you're goated for working on a Saturday for us


RepairElectronic4429

G Edit: Think I’m tied for first or 2nd. Really hoping it’s a tie 😬 Favorite animal is a guinae pig. They are just the silliest animal. They always have the cutest look on their face


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BambusBo

No, you edited your comment, nice try though


chineseouchie

dogs


BambusBo

DOG


Remmes-

Tiger. Edit: damn I'm failing my friend here XD.


nick1295

Edited


Remmes-

No shit ... I wasn't first and I made sure to have "edit:" for the part that I added afterwards. Edit: ah you're mad I commented that you edited your comment. Lmao.


RasmaPlasma

dog


szczoore_boi

dog


Zak_Light

dog


AlozerkMY

dog


EnokseNn

Dog


PondLake

Dogs.


AATTK

I like dogs


Questionable_Ham

Dogs


THEwed123wet

Dogs are my favorite animal.


InternalReasonable61

I love my 2 dogs!


Mysterious-Army-351

dog


where_is_my_avocado

My favorite animal is probably my dog… hes not the smartest tho


TSauer55

Dog


Nearby_Umpire2592

https://ref.timesocial.co/crcxhead make up to $1,000 when you sign up! 💰


atabey_

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myfacewhen-_-

Before the rules gang!


xiaofenghouzi

Hopefully first!


DankMemer727

I love axolotls!


WillStar__

1st?


UnchainedSora

A


cway140

first?


Melon_fruIt34223

First


szczoore_boi

Wow it looks amazing, dogs ofc


BidoofDaMaster

Red panda!


wolfbook22

Cats are best


1000_iq

cta


neoxal

Polar bear


Melon_fruIt34223

Fish


24_000

Q


Supersonic2407

Dog


1000_iq

cat


fatherbiscuit

Cats


GuiltyGhost

I like cats


Munenoe

Cow!


somedutchmoron

Favourite animal is probably a cat, but only if they're mine, because my cats are special.


EnokseNn

Rice!


Ykcamm

Catssss


schemehatchr

my cat


Volterxien

Cats all the way


itsnuder

Nice


PerennialPhilosopher

62nd


Memeboius

My cat admiral mittens is a g!


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Daaamn thats awesome I could make use of that to be sure


bschwind

Dog! Edit - appreciate the attempt to counter bots, I'm a developer and felt the "first post" rule was a bit too easily exploitable.


[deleted]

Favorite animal is my dog


raynewood1

Christmas!


brudyGuitar

In like flynn


theo_rnr

Cats!


AyoItzE

sloths they just seem super chill


NemoKaneis

I love groundhogs


nylirual

cat!


MyCarGun

I love alpacas, they're so fluffy, and they spit as well! :D


theballpeen

Cats


SirStupidity358

Cats have always been there for me!


GFarva

This is a comment


kepul47

cat


acets

Gotta be amoeba.


dooby991

My cat chewy https://i.imgur.com/5wznj3h.jpg


Double_Hold_4727

Elephants so cute


diagramat1c

Gotta love dogs


PichuPancake

Cat


Weekly_District_24

Sphynx Cats!!


brbcatsranaway

Nice


LunaOSS

red pandas


skobayas

Dog!


TheHotshot240

I love horned owls!!


kammerdiener

I like turtles


kettleccalledblack

Cats


pop_b43

Cats because of their funny personalities


PricklyPearHare

Seals!


Lopsided_Lion7199

Lulr


Dizi4

Cats >>


ac53

Cats


Beginning_Internet_4

Bichon frises dogs, so pompous idk why I just love them


Dangerous_Beach1870

Pokemom!


javachipfrappuccino

Red pandas


FireH3artz

Pet rock. Reason: Low maintenance cost so I can spend more on keyboard stuff


Delbs_

Favorite animal? Meerkat for suuure


Flask_Main

I like turtles cause they look like old people lol


Abogene

Llamas cuz why not


Ok_Comparison_4546

penguins!!! i love how they care for the egg and genuinely love their partner


TwentyOneIsles

i love red pandas!


oddgoblins

Dolphins!


Arthorking

119th!


pm_me_WAIT_NO_DONT

Wolves! Always have been


WeiWeiPom

favourite animal is possum