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Trust & safety

How ClickTheWheel is meant to be used

ClickTheWheel is a browser-based wheel spinner for visible, low-stakes selections. Good wheel use starts with real boundaries: who belongs on the list, what should stay private, when proof is worth keeping, and where random choice should stop.

Random picks

ClickTheWheel treats each listed entry as an eligible segment. If Maria appears once and Jules appears twice, Jules has two slices unless the duplicate is removed first.

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Fair public draws

Hosts should clean entries, announce duplicate rules, show the final count, spin visibly, and keep a record for raffles, classroom rewards, sponsor prizes, or livestream giveaways.

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Privacy

Quick spins can happen without an account. Saved wheels, live rooms, and public gallery items should avoid private IDs, emails, phone numbers, student records, and sensitive names.

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Ads and monetization

When ads are enabled, ads should sit away from wheel controls. An ad should never look like the spin button, result, menu, download, or required next step.

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Appropriate use boundaries

  • Use the wheel for low-stakes choices: classroom turns, raffle tickets, writing prompts, chore rotation, food choices, meeting order, and casual games.
  • Do not use random results as a replacement for medical, legal, financial, hiring, discipline, safety, or emergency decisions.
  • Do not publish wheels that expose private personal information, student records, addresses, contact details, passwords, or private codes.
  • Do not ask users to click ads, confuse ads with app controls, or place ads where people may click by accident while spinning.

Proof workflow for public draws

  1. Step 1: Prepare the entry source before opening the wheel, such as a roster, ticket export, comment list, or volunteer sheet.
  2. Step 2: Remove blank lines, copied headers, ineligible entries, and accidental duplicates.
  3. Step 3: Explain whether duplicates are weighted entries or mistakes before the first spin.
  4. Step 4: Show the final list count before spinning so people know the list stopped changing.
  5. Step 5: Capture the wheel before the spin and the winner result after the spin.
  6. Step 6: Use result history or a winner log when multiple prizes, turns, or roles are drawn.
Entries checked before a fair wheel spin
Review the final list before a public spin.
Winner result shown after a wheel spin
Keep the selected result visible long enough to read.
Result history used to review previous wheel selections
Use history when people may ask what already happened.

Privacy-safe labels by situation

The wheel is often shown to a group. These examples help hosts choose labels that make the spin readable without exposing information the audience does not need.

Classroom projector

Safer labels: Seat 12, Table 3, Group Blue, first names only

Avoid: Grades, behavior notes, full student records, parent contact details

Livestream giveaway

Safer labels: Public usernames, viewer IDs, ticket numbers

Avoid: Emails, shipping addresses, payment usernames, private claim details

Office raffle

Safer labels: Employee numbers, table numbers, badge IDs, ticket stubs

Avoid: Salary details, performance notes, private HR data, personal phone numbers

Family or household

Safer labels: Chore names, room names, first names, weekend activity options

Avoid: Sensitive arguments, punishments, private health notes, financial details

How ads should stay out of the way

ClickTheWheel is built around an interactive wheel, so ad placement needs extra care. Ads should never interfere with a spin or make users think an ad is part of the result.

  • Ads should not cover the wheel, Spin Now button, result modal, entry editor, or save/share controls.
  • No page should ask people to click ads, support the site by clicking ads, or interact with ads to unlock a feature.
  • Ads should look separate from navigation, tool buttons, download buttons, winner messages, and game actions.
  • If an ad feels misleading, inappropriate, or too close to a control, people should be able to report it through Contact.

How the help pages should earn their place

The wheel comes first

A page with a spinner should help you use the spinner: when to use it, what to put on the list, how repeats work, and when not to leave the choice to chance.

Examples should feel usable

A classroom, raffle, meeting, or dinner example should include enough detail that you can adapt it without guessing the rules.

Privacy should name the feature

Privacy notes should say what happens with local entries, saved wheels, live rooms, public wheels, analytics, feedback, and ads.

Help should lead somewhere useful

When a page cannot answer everything, it should point to the wheel, a guide, the FAQ, privacy details, or the contact page.