Why a dedicated Facebook giveaway picker
Generic "comment picker" tools work, but Facebook posts have specifics: replies inside comment threads, a "Top fans" badge, reaction-type breakdowns (love / haha / wow), and frequent "tag a friend" entry mechanics. This page is tuned for those patterns and pulls them all from the post URL in one paste.
What the picker can do on Facebook
- Public posts, Page posts, Page videos (including Watch and Live replays), Reels, and public Group posts.
- Replies counted as entries — toggle on if "tag a friend in the replies" was the mechanic. Off by default to keep top-level entries clean.
- "Tag N friends" filter — exclude entries that don't mention enough other accounts.
- Duplicate dedup — same user commenting 50 times only counts once. Toggle off if you want to reward engagement weight.
- Account age filter — exclude very new accounts (the typical bot signature).
- Exclude past winners — paste a CSV of usernames you've drawn this quarter and they're filtered out before the shuffle.
- Hashtag match — comment must include a specific hashtag (useful for cross-platform campaigns).
- Multiple winners — set N, get N unique winners with positions 1, 2, 3 for runners-up.
Verifiable draws — pre-empt the "is this rigged?" comments
Skeptical winners and runners-up are the #1 source of negative comments on giveaway posts. The picker gives every draw a public verification link that exposes:
- The cryptographic seed used for the shuffle
- The full comment list at draw time (so it's clear no late comments were added)
- The winning index
Anyone can replay the Fisher–Yates shuffle in any spreadsheet and confirm the result. Pin the link as a comment under your giveaway post and the conspiracy theories evaporate.
Facebook & FTC compliance checklist
Facebook explicitly forbids requiring entrants to share the post on their personal timeline (the "share to enter" mechanic). Tagging friends in comments is fine. Practical post-template:
- State who the giveaway is open to (country, age — Facebook's own rule).
- State the closing date and timezone.
- State the prize value (USD). If > $5,000, US 1099-MISC reporting applies.
- State that Facebook is not a sponsor of the giveaway (Facebook requires this disclaimer).
- State the selection method: "winner picked at random using exportcomments.com on [date]".
- Don't ask entrants to share on their timeline. Tag-a-friend in comments is allowed.
Plan limits
Per-draw entry-pool size scales with your plan. Free (no signup): up to 100 results per post. Personal: 5,000. Premium: 50,000. Business: 250,000 — see pricing.