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Re: Show HN: I made a site that responds to relevant Reddit posts automatically

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Post by codingdave »

It is really hard to be supportive of this - even if you worked hard on it, the last thing the world needs is more bots on reddit. We need less of people looking at online communities as targets for monetization, and more of people sincerely engaging with each other on whatever topics add meaning to their lives.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that responds to relevant Reddit posts automatically

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Post by Tanzirul »

codingdave wrote: post #3

It is really hard to be supportive of this - even if you worked hard on it, the last thing the world needs is more bots on reddit. We need less of people looking at online communities as targets for monetization, and more of people sincerely engaging with each other on whatever topics add meaning to their lives.

I agree with you. I attempted to incorporate enough sentiment analysis logic to skip many posts and only reply to the ones where engagement is possible. For example, posts where the OP is seeking service recommendations and Replyhub can provide a reply. Otherwise, it will skip the post even if it contains the keyword. Still there are exceptions.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that responds to relevant Reddit posts automatically

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Post by codingdave »

Tanzirul wrote: post #4
codingdave wrote: post #3

It is really hard to be supportive of this - even if you worked hard on it, the last thing the world needs is more bots on reddit. We need less of people looking at online communities as targets for monetization, and more of people sincerely engaging with each other on whatever topics add meaning to their lives.

I agree with you. I attempted to incorporate enough sentiment analysis logic to skip many posts and only reply to the ones where engagement is possible. For example, posts where the OP is seeking service recommendations and Replyhub can provide a reply. Otherwise, it will skip the post even if it contains the keyword. Still there are exceptions.

I'm glad to hear that. Maybe that should be one of the points you make on your marketing page -- that it specifically aims at being selective to relevant conversations, and is not just a context-blind promotional bot.
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