Beware of "giveaway" scams on Twetch THREAD

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🚩 Red flag #1:

User has no history of paying out winners.

Before you sign up, check the users profile. Have they paid out previous winners with "/pay @user $x"? If so, are those accounts real, and not just a dummy account they own themselves?

🚩 Red flag #2:

The prize is suspiciously large.

The larger the prize, the more logical it is for people to enter the giveaway.

If you were a scammer and wanted to maximize engagement with a fake giveaway, you would pick a very large prize.

Mines fine, though, right?

https://twetch.app/t/0ddb8c4129613c55f38bb29be9b2b461de6ac81517c40e43b818c4a604f78548

🚩 Red flag #3:

The user has low quality posts, replies, and/or engagement (branches & likes).

This would indicate a scammer opened up a "throwaway" account they can use to scam people.

Users with a rich history are less likely to ruin their reputation.

We need a /giveaway feature which enforces fair giveaways

🚩 Red flag #4:

Users trying to guilt or trigger you to send them money without providing any value.
https://twetch.app/t/98980c64d5b17425477016fb9e36b4e1974600b17f57e6a89325f032ea4b4243