Most giveaways on the forum, including the
private giveaway option created by theymos, involves the organizer getting multiple private messages from lots of participants.
I've been thinking of a way to make forum messages more streamlined and easy to access, especially when one has to receive lots of them.
My suggestion is an algorithm that matches messages based on the subject attached to it.
The recipient would request participants to send PMs using a particular subject, such as "xyz" and all messages sent to them using that subject would be matched and grouped into a single page (just like a thread page), where they can all be viewed together.
The user can choose to reply individually or send a bulk message out without having to go through the usernames of all participants.
It would also allow the user to delete all messages containing that subject if they wish to do so after the contest.