Show HN: Real-time Reddit tracking and brand management

http://www.trackreddit.com/dashboard.php

by TheMask01 • 12 years ago

46 17 12 years ago

vosper• 12 years ago

I like the idea of a brand management app for Reddit, but when I visit this link I simply have no idea what I'm looking at.

Edit: The site logo doesn't take me to the home page (which it should) but having found that it's now more clear what this does.

overload119• 12 years ago

I agree - I use Reddit and I was still confused for a little while. I ended up finding another site [0] that did a similar thing and they explained it well.

"monitor all new comments, submission titles and self-texts posted to reddit for a word or phrase."

[0] http://metareddit.com/monitor

splintercell• 12 years ago

I will warn you, Metareddit keeps loosing your tracking, unless you come back to it every now and then. Its absolutely terrible feature they have.

amarcus• 12 years ago

I really like it but, I would recommend you change your domain. Firstly, you are opening yourself up to trademark suite by using reddit in your domain name. Even if that isn't an issue, it also forces you to only work with reddit. Down the track, you might decide to make this turn-key and start integrating with twitter, instagram etc... but, your domain name will halt you there.

fogleman• 12 years ago

No clue what I'm looking at. ios, appletv, ipod?

twodayslate• 12 years ago

Love it and was looking for something like this. Wish there was a cheaper plan though (more keywords, without the SMS etc). I'd require an email as users can easily make multiple accounts and never pay. This is a free service on metareddit[1] as well for one-keyword

[1] http://metareddit.com/monitor

papa_bear• 12 years ago

Pretty cool, just signed up. Like everyone else said, I'd probably change the link to direct to your normal landing page. Also, the animations are pretty jarring on the landing page, especially if I try to jump to a section before I've been there. This is one of those times that I think just removing all the animations would be a big help.

adventured• 12 years ago

I really like what I've seen of the product so far. One suggestion: the home page is a bit violent (for lack of a better word), the way the content swings into place very non-subtly. I would dump all of that effect, it doesn't appear to actually serve any purpose - other than to be flashy - and makes it much harder to just read about TrackReddit.

ProAm• 12 years ago

I wonder how they are getting around the Reddit API limit of 1 call every 2 seconds. I guess if they pull enough data back each 2 seconds they might be able to parse all of it...?

pipeep• 12 years ago

The API calls return lists of results, which tend to be long enough that it's trivial to read in all new comment and post data from Reddit. I think the maximum limit on the list size is 100 items, so that's up to 3000 comments/minute, which exceeds Reddit's actual post rate.

lucaspiller• 12 years ago

I'd be interested to see a technical write up of this.

rats• 12 years ago

Tried to search for the mentions of "Coub", it tells me that search term should be at least 5 characters. Oh dear.

highace• 12 years ago

Great, but what happens if Reddit changes their API or SLA, or just plain shuts you out? Business = poof.

andreasklinger• 12 years ago

Isn't this true for pretty much any media analytics tool?

harryf• 12 years ago

Interesting but "Tracker must be at least 5 characters long" is a bit of a problem. How to track something like "Yo" for the Yo App or "Gaza" for the current unrest there?

siralonso• 12 years ago

I like the concept a lot - I was on a thread about the Lyft perks of reddit gold, and a Lyft rep was doing an awesome job of answering questions, joking around, and customer support. I think if companies really understand the (unique) dynamics of reddit, it can be one of the most powerful (and human) places to connect with people.

Some feedback -

I almost didn't put in the work to parse your page. Visually, it's probably not the first thing you want to hit your users with. I would take people to a landing page where you can clearly explain what it is you do, with the ability to click through to this page and see a demo.

Also, I wasn't able to add a tracking keyword as a demo user. That's important.

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