How an engineer created a Twitter bot that won 4 contests per day for 9 months

How an engineer created a Twitter bot that won 4 contests per day for 9 months, a smart way to win contests =)

http://www.hscott.net/twitter-contest-winning-as-a-service/

Comments

  • +11

    I don't even need a bot, I win free lotteries on my mobile on a regular basis and I didn't even enter. Just needed to click a link and provide my bank details to collect

    • Yeah tho his process is automated using a python script. You are actually clicking the 1000+ links.

    • +3

      Have you won a Nigerian yet?

    • +2

      how are you winning these if i'm winning them!

  • There's a lot of tickets on that list!

    And screw paying tax on every win :/

    • List for those who don't read the entire article -

      http://www.hscott.net/winnings.txt

      (although good luck getting through the list if you can't even read a comparatively short article!)

      • He won a free infographic and didn't make use of it for his article? Shame!

  • This looks basically like a programming exercise. I have a friend who has written a program to solve Sudoku puzzles, which I think basically misses the point.

  • Can someone make a bot to enter all contests on ozbargain? :)

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