Elections & contests
Run a contest or community vote
Let your audience pick a winner without one fan club stuffing the ballot box.
Contests, awards and fan votes attract cheaters, because someone always wants to win. Plan for it from the start.
Recommended settings
| Setting | Choose |
|---|---|
| Duplicate check | Email address for prizes, IP address for casual fan votes |
| Block VPNs and proxies | On |
| Require CAPTCHA | On |
| Access to results | After the form closes |
| Open & close dates | Set a clear close date |
Why hide the results
When people can see a close race, they recruit friends, other servers or bots to push their favorite over the line. Hidden results take that fuel away and keep the vote about the entries.
Let people vote daily
For a long-running contest, you can let each person vote once per day. See Let people vote again after a while.
On stream
Show the poll in present mode. When the poll closes, results appear for everyone at once, which makes a great reveal moment.