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Hello all!

To celebrate Lemmy.zip turning 2 years old, we are once again hosting a small giveaway to say thank you for being here ❀️

We're giving away 3 prizes to 3 lucky winners. This will be 1 x Β£25 Steam gifts, and 2 x Β£10 Steam gifts.

The giveaway will be open for 48 hours from 12:00 UTC on the 10th June 2025, to 12:00 UTC on the 12th June

You can enter by making a comment in this very thread! Your comment can say or be absolutely anything you want (within reason!)

Once you've made a comment, you should get a message back from ZippyBot confirming you've entered and a ticket number. For transparency, at the end of this we'll publish the entry list and ticket numbers.

You must be a Lemmy.zip user to enter (comments from anyone else will be ignored!) and you will need a Steam account and be happy to send me your username so I can gift you the value via Steam. Your Lemmy.zip account must have been created before the 9th June 2025.

At the end of the giveaway, I'll lock the thread and Zippy will pull three random entries. The first username pulled will win the first prize (Β£25), and the other two users will win the other prizes (Β£10).

I've put a few FAQs in this spoiler tag if you want to know more:


FAQs - PLEASE READ!

FAQs

  • Q) Can anyone enter?
  • A) You must be a lemmy.zip user, have a steam account, and your lemmy.zip account must have been created before 9th June 2025

  • Q) Can I have a giftcard for a different platform, i.e. xbox or playstation?
  • A) Unfortunately not. Those platforms (to my knowledge) don't allow me to purchase a giftcard in the UK and you activate it anywhere in the world. Steam allows currency conversion on gifts.

  • Q) How quickly will I get my prize?
  • A) Steam requires that someone must be on a user's friend list for 3 days before giftcards can be sent, therefore I will share my Steam profile with the winners (or vice versa) and after 3 days of being friends on Steam, I will send the gift over. (Unless you live in the UK, in which case I can send you a code within 24 hours)

  • Q) I think my entry was valid, but I didn't get a reply from Zippybot with my ticket number. What do I do?
  • A) Send me a message asap! You can try commenting again too.

  • Q) Are Lemmy.zip user donations funding this?
  • A) No, just making it clear here that the donations to Lemmy.zip only ever go towards the server and Lemmy.zip infrastructure. The funds for this are coming from my wallet :)

  • Q) How does Zippy select the winners?
  • A) Zippy randomly shuffles the list of entrants in the DB. It then randomly shuffles the list again in Python. Then it randomly selects 3 winners from that double shuffled list. You can see the code for this here.

  • Q) What if something goes wrong?
  • A) If for any reason something goes wrong during the giveaway, it will be paused until it can be resumed. If too much time lapses, the giveaway will be restarted.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Padding the number ftw!

[–] Zinck@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Anything within reason.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Very cool. Glad I joined up with .zip.

[–] fefellama@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Good timing given the whole lemm.ee thing. Should be plenty of new people to participate in the contest.

[–] HowdyLemmy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Happy Birthday .Zip!

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Cheering for your success

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you for hosting this. Many users have alts though. On another note, would you be able to send the gift via email? At least with game gifts, that is possible on Steam.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Happy birthday .zip hope you count many more years.

[–] Eyro_Elloyn@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Awesome, I'm glad you seem to be enjoying running things.

[–] turbulentMagma@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

This is a comment!

[–] rt3_m0@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you for all the work.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I've been here 1y 11m and I'm just now realizing how new this instance was when I joined! I appreciate the work you've done here! It's been great, with only a few memorable issue, which I'm sure we all remember.

[–] toothpick@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

This is why lemmy.zip is the best lemmy instance.

[–] Xanxia@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Awesome. Thank you for the good work.

[–] coaxil@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Oh awesome! And from my short time here post lemm.ee you are doing awesome things! Thanks.

[–] fefellama@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Did anyone else not receive a number from the bot? Regardless, thanks for doing this!

Edit: Demigodrick responded via pm. So if you didn’t get a number definitely reach out!

[–] CaJoasca_Baloon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

aight cool 2 years!!! Cheers to more!! πŸ₯‚

[–] Greenbeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Happy birthday!

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Funny comment to enter a giveaway

[–] suriyuko@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Hopefully I’m not late…

[–] fujiwara@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Million@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I didn't even know that I am this OG

[–] necrobius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Happy birthday! Let's hope this is only the second of many more!

[–] Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Happy birthday!

[–] MrStranger@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Glad I made the switch as well, a lot has happened but I am happy I chose a great server. Thank you for your service. :)

[–] xeekei@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Putting my name in the goblet of fire. πŸ”₯

[–] Rift5899@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you for the amazing instance!!. If I win I would double it to the next person

[–] IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I leave this comment to enter

[–] Lawnmaster9000@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[–] roydbt@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago
[–] tiyanki@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Here for the giveaway 🫠

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