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If you're still on Twitter, you're part of the problem.
I apply to a lot of online contests and most have me 'retweet' the contest submission link or follow people on the platform. That is literally all I use it for.
Ever win anything?
Not OP but my mom enters literally every contest she sees and has won a surprising amount.
Is it stuff she actually wants or needs, or is the garage full of junk she won from defunct companies and a years supply of RC Cola?
Off the top of my head, not counting the plethora of gift cards:
A first edition Kindle Fire a month after it released. For being tech-illiterate, she ended up loving it and upgraded a few times through the years.
Several Roku boxes and Fire TV sticks, which are just now getting used because my parents are finally cutting the cord.
Lots of concert tickets for various bands, including Foo Fighters, Green Day, and Kiss.
1-week all expenses paid trip to Nashville for some big New Year's party that some celebs showed up to.
$600 cowboy boots.
$300 KitchenAid mixer.
A full set of Paula Dean cookware, and she LOVES Paula Dean.
That’s the good stuff. How much bad stuff? Like, sounds awesome, but if she also got 10,000 beer coozies and bad water bottles and whatever other tchotchke nonsense….