Anyone else have a system for Reddit prospecting? Curious what's worked.
Built this mostly for my own use as a freelance dev and designer, figured I'd share it here since the technical approach might be interesting.
Reddit Scout scans whatever Reddit page you're on for posts matching keywords like "need developer", "hiring frontend", "looking for freelancer". It reads the DOM directly no Reddit API, no OAuth, no rate limits. Just looks at what's already on the page.
A few things I found interesting to build: **Risk scoring** — each matched post gets flagged Safe / Caution / Risk based on the subreddit and language in the post.
Had to build a small rule set for high-risk subs and ban-bait phrases.
**Content script injection** — the scanner injects on demand via chrome.scripting.executeScript with a PING/PONG handshake to check if it's already loaded before injecting again (fixed a nasty "receiving end does not exist" error).
**Storage** — everything lives in chrome.storage.sync.
No backend, no user accounts, no data leaving the device. **Payment** — Stripe Payment Link with a local license key generated via crypto.subtle.digest.
No backend needed.
Landing page: https://wushu75.github.io/RedditScout/
Chrome Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reddit-scout/onfiifhoibdkckjeilaehbjkjcloikdl
Happy to discuss any of the technical decisions.