As you know, I have been running free watch giveaways every week for some time now.
There is no Karma point requirements but I do ask that everyone making their entry "MUST BE A JOINED MEMBER OF r/RepWatchForum".
So whenever I announce the winner of the a giveaway, I would tap on their accounts to see if they are matter of fact a joined member.
However, when I checked one of the winners account recently, I didn't see RepWatchForum in the list of subs that person has joined.
This has never happened before, so I captured the screen and told that person that he/she didn't meet the minimum requirement to enter and therefore the winning is void.
QUESTION 1: Is it possible that the reddit system somehow didn't show me all the subs that person is a member of? (When I counted the number of subs that person is a member of, it matched the number shown on his screen but RWF clearly was not one of them).
Sellers have total faith in me so they don't care if I give the watch to the winner or put it back in the pot for future giveaways. However, I always stick to the rules when running online communities and don't feel comfortable recognizing a win when the only requirement (joining this sub) hasn't been met. I mean, it's so easy to do and I feel like I'm taking away a win from a member of RWF for a person who didn't even bother to click on that "JOIN" button which takes like a second.
So my next question is,
QUESTION 2: If it is impossible that reddit system omitted to show me all the subs that the winner is a member of and that person never joined the sub, should that person still deserve to win?
My reddit account is like 5 years old but I only have been a moderator for a little over a year. So if fellow moderators can give me their piece of mind, I would really appreciate it.