People favouriting your tweets

francislee76

hi all
i get the odd email to say some one has favourited my competition tweet.
for example i tweeted the below comp
I want to win the @hooliganfilm on DVD @Flavourmag ! #FlavourmagComp RT to enter 03:22 PM - 19 May 13

it was favourited by
WhiteCollarHooligan @hooliganfilm Official twitter page for The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan. Sequel White Collar Hooligan 2 released May 2013. Written & Directed by @paultanter

Any idea what this is and why people favoutie your tweet. is this a way of saying youve won? or is it just random people deciding to favourite the tweet.

thanks

Marg2k8

I have sometimes read tweets on people's timelines and thought to myself "that looks a good competition, I will favourite it and have a look at it later, when I have more time."

lindsey3uk

its sort of twitters 'like' which you would use on facebook. unfortunately i dont think its to say you have won x

emiai

I do it like someone said above - if I like the look of the competition but dont have time to look at it yet.

Someone did it to me the other day, and it was a bot program, favouriting anyone using the word blackberry, which was slightly odd.. but nevermind.

Some companies favourite all competition entries, and pick winners randomly that way. (effort types)

I also do it if I spot a fellow comper, but as were restricted to following 2000 people, I favourite a tweet then later add them to a list, so I can watch their tweets that way, increasing my chances of finding competitions I have missed.

I wouldnt worry about it too much, xx Good luck.

francislee76

thanks all

kzmicallef

Also similar companies to the one running the comp will favourite your tweet in the hope you follow them too x

Zanzib

francislee76 wrote: »

hi all
i get the odd email to say some one has favourited my competition tweet.
for example i tweeted the below comp
I want to win the @hooliganfilm on DVD @Flavourmag ! #FlavourmagComp RT to enter 03:22 PM - 19 May 13

it was favourited by
WhiteCollarHooligan @hooliganfilm Official twitter page for The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan. Sequel White Collar Hooligan 2 released May 2013. Written & Directed by @paultanter

Any idea what this is and why people favoutie your tweet. is this a way of saying youve won? or is it just random people deciding to favourite the tweet.

thanks

I had the same one with one of my posts- in this case I think they were trying to get interest in the film...

custardcream1000

I understand the logic of companies and other compers favouriting my tweets, but I keep getting very random people favouriting my comp entry posts at the moment....I am wondering if they think they can win that way?!?

Marg2k8

custardcream1000 wrote: »

I understand the logic of companies and other compers favouriting my tweets, but I keep getting very random people favouriting my comp entry posts at the moment....I am wondering if they think they can win that way?!?

Possibly. I sometimes get random people retweeting tweets that I have done for example sharing the mag daillies, or retweeting my rafflecopter tweets and I reckon they think they are entering this way. I used to tweet them to put them right, but most of the time now, I don't bother.

alsproject

Marg2k8 wrote: »

Possibly. I sometimes get random people retweeting tweets that I have done for example sharing the mag daillies, or retweeting my rafflecopter tweets and I reckon they think they are entering this way. I used to tweet them to put them right, but most of the time now, I don't bother.

I think its a new way of spamming as I'm getting random accounts from around the world doing it. Instead of sending a tweet with a link, some people will be curious enough to look at the profile and then click on the spammy link to their "website"