How Do I Prevent Spam Entries in My Twitter Giveaway?

Twitter giveaways with minimal verification are often a target for spam entries via bots and throwaway accounts. Without safeguards, this can dilute genuine participation and undermine the fairness of your giveaway.

Gleam includes automatic fraud detection on all campaigns at all plan levels. By default, fraud protection is enabled at a high level to identify suspicious behaviour such as repeated entries, abnormal activity patterns, or low-quality accounts. This protection runs in the background and does not require any setup.

For Twitter actions, Gleam uses OAuth authentication. This means users must connect their Twitter account to complete actions like following, reposting, or replying. OAuth verification ensures actions are performed by real accounts rather than automated scripts or unauthenticated bots.

Customers on a Business plan can adjust the fraud detection level to be more or less strict depending on your campaign goals.

For customers on a Business plan, contestant verification is also available. This requires participants to verify their email address before their entry is accepted, which significantly reduces throwaway accounts and repeat abuse.

For Twitter-specific protection, customers on a Business plan can restrict participation from throwaway Twitter accounts. This helps prevent giveaways from being dominated by accounts created solely to enter contests.

Using these layers together allows you to balance participation and integrity. Automated detection handles most abuse, OAuth ensures real Twitter engagement, and optional verification tools give you tighter control when fairness is critical.