How can I increase my chances of winning?
We already said that you can't increase your chances of winning with special keywords, but how can you increase your chances? When we say that, it doesn't mean that we will favor you, Pickaw is fair to everyone. Here, increasing your chances means the same thing as not being rejected during the draw. That's what we will enumerate to have all your chances on your side to be picked and win: ParticipaPopularCan you pick me?
We know you know this answer, unfortunately (for you) we can't, but fortunately for fairness! This is certainly the most-asked question, dozens and sometimes hundreds times per day... 😅 We're a truly random, fair and transparent platform and we will never favor anyone. A contest organizer or even a Pickaw team member can't alter a draw in any way. We wish you of course a good luck for all the contests drawn on Pickaw 🍀 Click here to know howSome readersCan I be picked with a private account?
Short version: you won't have any chance to be picked with a private account (at the time of the draw). Going a little deeper in the explanations All our services rely on public data provided by the Twitter API (as well as other pickers), so we need to understand how Twitter is delivering these data. When your Twitter account is private, your public profile isn't available publicly but only for your followers as well as your tweets, likes, retweets and everything you made on TSome readersDo I have more chances to win with special keywords?
No, you'll not have more chances to win with some keywords 🤷🏻♂️ Rumors say that there would be more chances to win with special keywords in the username, bio, etc. These keywords would be pickaw, pickme, bigwin, riego and much more we can't enumerate here. Of course, all these rumors are false. Pickaw doesn't favor anyone, and keywords doesn't matter too. Why these rumors exist? Once again, it's all about probabilities 🎲 They started because some usersFew readersWhy my account has been rejected?
On a draw verification page, you'll see a lot of information. The only information that will interest us here are the rejected reasons, and we'll see in details what they mean. Let's take a look at the reasons for which you can be rejected: This account seems to have an automated behavior 🤖 You didn't pass the anti-bots filter (an automated behavior has been detected). The retweet rate of contests is too high : X% out of Y% tolerated 🎁 YFew readersWhy some accounts are winning multiples times per day?
It's all about probabilities! Since our draws are 100% truly random, if some accounts are winning multiple times per day, it's because they're doing a lot of contests and also because they're lucky. In addition to that, if they put all their chances on their side, they will increase even more their probabilities to be picked and win. Another important thing is that seeing someone winning mulFew readersWhy new accounts are winning most of the time?
It's all about probabilities! Since our draws are 100% truly random, if new accounts are winning most of the time, it's because they're doing a lot of contests and also because they're lucky. In addition to that, if they put all their chances on their side, they will increase even more their probabilities to be picked and win. But the most important is here: a lot of people want to increasFew readersCan I be picked with a suspended account?
Short version: you won't have any chance to be picked if you're suspended (at the time of the draw). Going a little deeper in the explanations All our services rely on public data provided by the Twitter API (as well as other pickers), so we need to understand how Twitter is delivering these data. When your Twitter account is suspended, your public profile isn't available as well as your tweets, likes, retweets and everything you made on Twitter, until you get unsuspended. IFew readersIs Pickaw picking from the last 100 retweets?
Well, this is a common point from several pickers, but we're not limited to the last 100 retweets. All contests drawn on Pickaw are made with all available retweets (so without suspended and private accounts). We're not allowing partial loads on Pickaw so if a draw has been made, it's always from all entries. It also means that you don't have to retweet a conteFew readersDoes a retweet of a retweet count?
The answer to this question will be short: yes, it counts! Don't worry if you're wondering what if you're retweeting a contest from someone's retweet, it will count as a normal retweet, and your entry will be taken into account as if you retweeted the contest directly :)Few readersCan I check the results of a contest?
Yes you can, but the contest needs to be successfully drawn. If that's the case, you'll be able to check the results in two ways: by pasting the URL of the contest on the draw verification page by pasting the seed (if given by the contest organizer) on the same pageFew readers