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      Randomly select winners from engaged users

      Update date: January 27, 2025

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      The "Contest" feature enables you to randomly choose users who have engaged with your posts by reposting (Retweeting), liking, replying, or quoting them, and it allows you to conveniently download the results as a CSV file.
      Users who are not displayed in "Post engagement" are not eligible for the contest. For more information on users who cannot be displayed in "Post engagement," please see here.

      Randomly Selecting Users Who Reposted (Retweeted), Liked, Replied to, or Quoted Your Posts

      1. Click "Followers" from the menu.
      2. Click "Post engagement."
      3. Click "Contest."
      4. Set the users to be chosen and enter the number of winners.
      5. Click "Download CSV list of winners." The list of winners will be downloaded as a CSV file.
        1. For details on the items included in the downloadable CSV file, please refer to "Download inbox and follower data in CSV format."

      Setting Criteria for Eligible Users

      You can set the criteria for eligible users for the contest using the following options.

      Settings Options Description
      Contest post Select your own posts here. Users will be randomly chosen from those who engaged with the selected posts based on the criteria specified in the "Users to include" section.
      Users to include

      You can select one or more options from the following categories: "Users who Reposted (Retweeted)," "Users who Liked," "Users who Quoted (Quote Tweeted)," and "Users who Replied." If you select multiple categories, any user who meets the criteria from any of the chosen categories will be considered eligible for the contest.

      Filters in use

      		 You can further narrow down the pool of eligible users for the contest using the "Filter" feature in SocialDog (details provided later).
      Number of winners You can specify the number of winners to be between 1 and 1,000.

      "Filters in use"

      For example, if you want to run a campaign that targets only followers who have reposted (Retweeted), you can use the filter feature to select "Followers only." This will narrow down the eligible participants to include only your followers.

      For more information on how to use the filter feature to narrow down users based on specific criteria, please refer to "Filter users by conditions."

      Notice

      • The results of the contest will not be saved within SocialDog, so it is essential to download and manage the file containing the results.
      • You can conduct the random selection multiple times, but please note that each selection will yield different outcomes.
      • Be aware that the "Contest" feature is currently in beta, and may be subject to changes, interruptions, or discontinuation at any time.