# Grow your community with a Quest

> Use a SaTT Quest to reward subscribes, comments, posts and referrals from verified accounts, with clear rules on what is checked.

Published by SaTT · Last updated 2026-10-29 · Use cases · https://satt.com/guides/use-cases/community-growth

## In short

To grow a community, run a [Quest](https://satt.com/guides/glossary#quest) whose actions are subscribes, comments with a unique code, posts with your hashtag and referrals. Only [verified accounts](https://satt.com/guides/glossary#verified-account) take part, each action shows how it is checked, and winners are drawn publicly. Be aware that follows on X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and LinkedIn are honor-based today.

## Why is community growth hard to reward?

Rewarding follows invites bots and people who unfollow the next day. Most social networks also do not let a third party check who followed whom.

## How does a Quest help grow a community?

- Participants must prove a social account; one SaTT account and one device count as one entrant.
- Each action is worth [tickets](https://satt.com/guides/glossary#ticket); you cap tickets per person.
- Referral links give tickets when a distinct verified account joins and completes at least one action; shared IP or device referrals are refused.
- A [verifiable draw](https://satt.com/guides/glossary#verifiable-draw) picks winners that anyone can recompute.

## Which actions should you use?

| Action | How it is checked today |
| --- | --- |
| Subscribe to a YouTube channel | Auto, with the participant’s YouTube connection |
| Comment with a unique code on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram | Proof |
| Create a post with your hashtag or mention | Proof (post link from a verified account) |
| Daily check-in, quiz, visit a link | Auto |
| Follow on X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or LinkedIn; join Telegram or Discord | Honor |

Honor actions are worth half the preset tickets by default and are audited on winners. You can disable them. Check the live matrix in [Tracking capabilities](https://satt.com/guides/features/network-capabilities).

Example: a 21-day dollar Quest with $200 in prizes ($170 after the 15% fee) split as 10 × $17.

## How do you set it up?

1. **Create the Quest** — Open [Create a Quest](https://satt.com/create?kind=quest) and paste your channel or community link.
2. **Weight actions by value** — Give more tickets to posts and comments with a code than to follows.
3. **Cap tickets per person** — Set a maximum so a few very active people do not take every chance.
4. **Share referral links** — Encourage participants to invite friends; each verified referral brings tickets.
5. **Audit winners** — After the draw, review honor actions of winners and disqualify cheaters before prizes are paid.

## What are the pitfalls?

- Building the Quest only on honor follows: they cannot be checked.
- Measuring success only by follower count: track comments and posts too.
- A Quest longer than needed: Quests last up to 30 days; 14 to 21 days keeps momentum.

More detail: [How Quests work](https://satt.com/guides/features/quests).

## Key takeaways

- Quests reward verified people, not anonymous e-mail addresses.
- YouTube subscribes are checked automatically; most other follows are honor-based.
- Comments with a unique code and posts with your hashtag are checked by proof.
- Referrals count only for distinct verified accounts.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can SaTT verify X follows?

Not today. X follow, like and repost checks need an API access SaTT does not have in production, so these actions are honor-based and audited on winners.

### Can I reward Telegram or Discord joins?

Yes, as honor actions. They are worth fewer tickets and are checked manually during the audit if the participant wins.

### Do participants need many followers?

No. They need a verified social account; the brand can optionally require the Verified creator badge.

## Related guides

- [Quests: actions, tickets and a verifiable prize draw](https://satt.com/guides/features/quests)
- [How to run a Quest with a verifiable draw](https://satt.com/guides/how-to/run-a-quest)
- [What SaTT can measure on each social network](https://satt.com/guides/features/network-capabilities)
- [Run a giveaway with a verifiable Quest](https://satt.com/guides/use-cases/giveaway-quest)

## Official pages

- [How SaTT works](https://satt.com/how-it-works)
- [Create an AdPool](https://satt.com/create)

Glossary: https://satt.com/guides/glossary