Automating Reddit Post & Comment Publishing - Advice

[factory24]

What is the situation on building a software app/ bot to automate making comments and posts on Reddit?

I am looking into automating UpVotes and what I am finding out is that:
- it is not easy to pull it off, need a dev that has that specific expertise
- it will either need to be browser automation or private API
- will need constant upkeep and updating, cat and mouse game

Is Post & Comment Publishing in the same boat as UpVotes or is automating this different?

 

[Ashk881]

What is the situation on building a software app/ bot to automate making comments and posts on Reddit?

I am looking into automating UpVotes and what I am finding out is that:
- it is not easy to pull it off, need a dev that has that specific expertise
- it will either need to be browser automation or private API
- will need constant upkeep and updating, cat and mouse game

Is Post & Comment Publishing in the same boat as UpVotes or is automating this different?

Publishing posts/comments is relatively easier. Upvote/downvote gaming is heavily checked by reddit and you can get banned easily.

 

[factory24]

Publishing posts/comments is relatively easier. Upvote/downvote gaming is heavily checked by reddit and you can get banned easily.

Do you use the Reddit API for posts/comments or do you have to do a blackhat bot tactic like you would for voting?

 

[stin99]

Working with reddit and automation is pretty tricky game for anything involved with, from posting, commenting and upvoting the chance of the post being removed is very high
the chace of accounts being banned is very high and so on

 

[redotaku18]

Working with reddit and automation is pretty tricky game for anything involved with, from posting, commenting and upvoting the chance of the post being removed is very high
the chace of accounts being banned is very high and so on

This is precisely why I have moved to full automation. I was spending all this time manually aging accounts. I've realized the only way to make this sustainable is to automate at a large scale and go in knowing that the accounts are disposable.

 

[Jouko]

What is the situation on building a software app/ bot to automate making comments and posts on Reddit?

I am looking into automating UpVotes and what I am finding out is that:
- it is not easy to pull it off, need a dev that has that specific expertise
- it will either need to be browser automation or private API
- will need constant upkeep and updating, cat and mouse game

Is Post & Comment Publishing in the same boat as UpVotes or is automating this different?

When I was using PRAW to post and comment, my accounts would typically get banned after just 5-6 comments. However, after switching to a private API and using reliable proxies, my accounts have managed to avoid bans, at least when posting or commenting without links.

I haven’t experimented much with upvoting due to concerns about triggering bans. From what I’ve observed, when I do upvote, the upvote count often doesn’t increase, probably because the accounts are new and lack any karma.

 

[HkC2]

This is precisely why I have moved to full automation. I was spending all this time manually aging accounts. I've realized the only way to make this sustainable is to automate at a large scale and go in knowing that the accounts are disposable.

What do you use to auto your comments and posts?

 

[redotaku18]

What do you use to auto your comments and posts?

Selenium right now, but may switch things up and migrate over to Puppeteer because of detection issues.

 

[HkC2]

Selenium right now, but may switch things up and migrate over to Puppeteer because of detection issues.

How does Puppeteer work. Seems like it is a API

 

[redotaku18]

How does Puppeteer work. Seems like it is a API

I have no idea yet, I've just had people tell me it's like Selenium. Will find out. If you have a Discord DM me it and we can talk more about this stuff.