u/stephen56287

I’m a solo developer and I post/comment on Reddit manually. No bots, no auto-replies, no lead scraping. Just trying to participate in the right subs, answer when I can, and keep track of where I’ve been active.

I want to be able to get/see posts and comments by subs with all the stats, votes, shares, views. etc. And other stuff, like, I wondered the other day what countries were viewing anything I had to say, and were they voting? or commenting? Am I the only one that wants that kind of views? Isn't there a tool(s) that do just that. 

Not looking for some lead gen or sentiment detection tool. Just want to find how to manage and correlate all the posts, comments and subs, I'm doing. Help!!! Thank you.

hello. thanks for reading. I'm getting pretty knowledgeable on the API. No expert, but I've been doing a lot of research and development, pretty far down the road. A number of people have asked me in DMs. Everyone I respond to, and it takes quite a bit of time. I thought I'd summarize here.

#1 Kinda API Summary

There's a number of technologies/processes that tackle this problem. many/most are cumbersome and very technical. I've dived into as many/all under the hood to understand Reddit's actual policy implemented since any real straight answer from anyone is really impossible. I've gone quite deep in reviewing the real code of as many as I can obtain responsibly. And I've reviewed pretty deeply a number of extensions code as well. Many people are well minded but just don't know what they're saying unfortunately in many posts. There's a lot of declaration and hearsay, about 50% is correct, that I've found.

#2 Why

I'm a 3-month Redditor that hard a hard time knowing where I posted what I posted when and so on. so, I started building a tool for myself to correct that. Ended up, I built three tools the first was cool - but I had to manually insert a Reddit token to operate OAUTH, and it gathered up all my posts and comments and anyone else too. the 2nd tool I built a plugin to semi-automate OAUTH, though very cool, it was 2 step - kinda , just a bit clunky. And the third is fully automated as an app and as an engine that performs standalone for independent development. Finally, I have a very cool, useful Chrome extension that shows top info of any page of Reddit you view, quite informative with count, karma, and votes. I use it constantly.

#3 Common Solutions

Common solutions are .json and less so, .rss. and then there's scrapers. I don't scrape, anything. And there's extensions, some with previous API keys that want to login and manipulate your account, and others not. There are situations where Reddit doesn't perform and a combination of .json and OAUTH is needed/beneficial, I've found in my use.

Thank you. I am human and Stephen.

My Chats are a MESS!

There's must be a way that Redditors manage their DMs that I don't know about. Can you share your methods? Are there any tools that help? I mean look at my Chats - I can't find a thing.

Who, What, When - IT"S A MESS!

I’m struggling with is Chats. Is there a normal Reddit workflow I’m missing here? Not looking to complain. I’m genuinely trying to learn how people manage this without losing track.

Help if you can.

Thank you.

Good morning everyone. Before any comments - I love Reddit. I'm a long term solo freelancer, and never had anyone to speak to (no sad sack!).But, after joining Reddit (way late!), there's a whole world to get information and ask questions and so on. Love it.

But my Chats are a MESS!

There's must be a way that Redditors manage their DMs that I don't know about.

Can you share your methods? Are there any tools that help? I mean look at my Chats - I can't find anything.

Who, What, When - IT"S A MESS!

Help if you can.

Thank you.

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